Nothing, Janne Teller
Nothing, Janne Teller
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Nothing

Author: Janne Teller, Martin Aitken

Narrator: Jessica Lawshe

Unabridged: 3 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2011


Synopsis

  A story about everything and nothing, a boy in a plum tree, and a 7th grade no longer sure that anything means anything.

"The novel asks the immense existential questions of the meaning of life. With its unusual, rhythmic and tightly composed language it is an amazing piece of work, which teasingly, grippingly and thrillingly depicts the quest of a group of children to proving to themselves and other people that something matters in life."  Information

“A youth novel in Nobel Prize class.” Lena Kjersén Edman, Sweden

"Janne Teller has written a novel about nothing less than the meaning of life. This book makes a deep impression on the reader and incites continued reflection." The Danish Cultural Minister.

From www.jannekeller.dk

About The Author

After working at the United Nations in conflict resolution, Janne Teller became a full-time novelist.  Since her debut novel Odin’s Island, she has published The Trampling Cat, Come, and other books that have been translated into many languages.  Nothing is her first young adult novel.  She divides her time between Copenhagen, New York, and Paris.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on July 17, 2014

"You'll find out you're a clown in a trivial circus where everyone tries to convince each other how vital it is to have a certain look one year and another the next. And then you'll find out that fame and the big wide world are outside of you, and that inside there's nothing, and always will be,......more

Goodreads review by karen on October 01, 2019

the beginning part of this book reminded me of my very favorite part in john gardner's grendel, where two characters are ass-kickingly fighting, but also having a philosophical debate at the same time. this starts out like that, only with less howling. this is teen fiction, so the weapons being pelt......more

Goodreads review by Mike on August 23, 2011

Buy two copies. Burn one and keep the ashes in a matchbox on your desk. You'll want the second to reread. A fearlessly written novel. Every time I turned the page, I thought--is the author really going to go there? And then she did. I'm adding it to my list of all-time favorite books. Not because I li......more

Goodreads review by Franco on October 28, 2018

Libro aceptable pero que se queda corto; no va más allá de lo mediocre y conocido. Recomendado, pero solo para pasar el rato. No aporta nada.......more

Goodreads review by julieta on May 03, 2020

Me encantó! No tenía idea de que se trataba de una novela para adolescentes, pero creo que le puede gustar a cualquiera. Lo que plantea te deja dando vueltas sin duda, y la sencillez con la cual lleva la historia me hizo sentir como si hubiera visto una película. Oscuro, pero no por eso menos entrañ......more


Awards

  • Printz Awards