Ein Schüler einer 7. Klasse in einer dänischen Kleinstadt steht nach den Sommerferien auf, verkündet, dass nichts im Leben von Bedeutung ist und verläßt die Klasse, um von nun an seine Tage in einem Pflaumenbaum zu verbringen und den Mitschülern Pflaumen und seine Erkenntnisse an den Kopf zu werfen....
Well...that was deeply disturbing. I don't even know what to say about it, other than, you know. Disturbing. The gist:There's a small town in Denmark, and in the town, there is a class of 7th grade students. In Denmark, this makes them about 14 years old. On the first day of 7th grade, Pierre A...
I must say the more people say they hate a book(and not because it was badly written like certain authors who will remain nameless but my bookseller friends know which ones I'm talking about!!) the more it makes me want to read it!
I must say the more people say they hate a book(and not because it was badly written like certain authors who will remain nameless but my bookseller friends know which ones I'm talking about!!) the more it makes me want to read it!
Could this be the bleakest YA ever? It would get my vote.Here is the story: Pierre decides that nothing matters, walks out of his classroom, climbs up into a tree, and refuses to come down. The others in his classroom feel compelled to try to convince Pierre that some things do matter. Using increas...
NOTHING by Janne Teller is a dark and disturbing story of a group of Danish seventh graders who are forced to define “meaning.” When one of their classmates leaves school one day after he announces, “Nothing matters,” they pull together to find a way to prove he is wrong.The class decides to use an...
This is 2 1/2 stars. I was going to round up to 3 because she does write well, and the story is compelling, but I changed my mind. I find it disturbing that the book leaves youngsters with such a bleak message about life and its meaning (or lack thereof). Adolescents dramatize their angst enough ...
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