Even If Everything Ends, Jens Liljestrand
Even If Everything Ends, Jens Liljestrand
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Even If Everything Ends

Author: Jens Liljestrand

Narrator: Matt Addis, Tamsin Kennard, Joe Jameson, Imogen Wilde

Unabridged: 16 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2023


Synopsis

Life goes on in the face of a climate crisis in this unforgettable, “relevant, and entertaining” (Fredrik Backman, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel that follows four characters as they struggle to survive in a burning world.

Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world keeps turning and life carries on as usual: teenage love stories, marital collapses, identity crises, and rebellions against hopeless parents continue to play out.

Didrik is a forty-year-old media consultant whose misguided efforts to become the family hero render him a pathetic vision of incompetence. Melissa is an influencer with a suitcase full of lost dreams after denying climate change for years. André is the nineteen-year-old loser son of an international sports star who uses the erupting violence around him to orchestrate his own personal vengeance on his negligent father. And Vilja is Didrik’s teenage daughter who steps into a leadership role in the face of adult ineptitude.

“A devilish twist on climate fiction” (Publishers Weekly), The Burning eloquently illustrates a picture of a very near future that is at once extraordinary and entirely realistic.

The Burning was previously published as Even If Everything Ends.

About Jens Liljestrand

Jens Liljestrand is a critically acclaimed journalist and writer in his native Sweden. He has been a critic for the newspapers Sydsvenskan and Dagens Nyheter and was a long-serving editor of the culture section of Expressen. His bestselling biography about Vilhelm Moberg, The Man in the Woods, was nominated for the prestigious August Prize. The Burning (previously published as Even If Everything Ends) is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nora|KnyguDama on August 02, 2023

Kokia įdomiai keista ši knyga! Lyg ir gąsdinanti, lyg ir perspėjanti, lyg ir ironizuojanti, pašiepianti ir dar su humoro krisleliais. Bet perskaičius, apgalvojus ir susumavus - man ji buvo baugi netolimos ateities prognozė, atsižvelgiant į masę planetos gyventojų, savanaudiškai nematančių toliau sav......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielė || book.duo on September 21, 2023

Romano tema gana komplikuota ir tuo pat metu visiškai aiški – kalbama apie (galimai) netolimą ateitį, kurioje klimato katastrofos dar dažnesnės ir tragiškesnės, mūsų pasaulis iš paskutiniųjų laikosi ir bando išgyventi, bet viskas, ką patyrė per pastaruosius šimtmečius, jam atsiliepia su kaupu. Autor......more

Goodreads review by Marisa on December 29, 2022

Had some truly unlikeable characters, but the badass 14 year old made up for the lackluster adults. A story that feels a little too close to home for comfort. Burning forests, climate refugees, rich people being absolute monsters…here we go!......more

Goodreads review by Karenina on November 09, 2021

Man kan tänka sig att Jens Liljestrand har fått en otalig mängd kommentarer till sig om Sverige som ”det här jävla landet” och att den frustration det väckt i honom utmynnat i den här berättelsen. Diegesen i den här klimatromanen utspelar sig i det här jävla landet, en vecka i augusti, några år framå......more

Goodreads review by lauras_garden_of_books on August 11, 2022

Ein Buch, was uns auf drastische Weise auf den Klimawandel und dessen Folgen hinweist und allein deswegen schon beachtenswert ist! Ich habe in das Hörbuch reingehört, und habe mich sofort festgehört; denn wir werden hier gleich in ein erschreckend realitätsnahes dystopisches Szenario hineingeworfen;......more


Quotes

"Matt Addis makes the anger and impatience in Didrik’s voice visceral as he tries to save his family as Europe burns—even while planning to end his marriage. Tamsin Kennard, as podcaster Melissa, also tells her story with impatience. In this case, it emphasizes her narcissism. Joe Jameson gives André, son of a former tennis star, a voice that alternates between needing Dad’s approval and plotting a way to get out from under the weight of his expectations. Imogen Wilde, as the voice of Didrik’s daughter, Vilja, balances impatience with the adults’ incompetence and her own belief in a viable future despite the present climate reality."