Seven Nights, Simon Strauss
Seven Nights, Simon Strauss
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Seven Nights

Author: Simon Strauss

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Unabridged: 2 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2019


Synopsis

It's night time, and a young man sits writing at a table. He's afraid. Afraid of having to decide—on a woman, a group of friends, an annual holiday destination. He's afraid of becoming numb to emotion. Afraid of growing up.

But all of that is about to change. When an acquaintance makes him a proposition, our unnamed protagonist is drawn into a scheme where each night at seven o'clock, he must commit one of the seven sins—a task that forces him to decide how far he is truly willing to go in his efforts to stave off habit and ennui and save his own life.

The most reviewed, discussed, and recommended German language debut of the last decade, Seven Nights has earned Simon Strauss praise as "one of the greatest talents of his generation" by the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

About Simon Strauss

Born in 1988 in Berlin, Simon Strauss studied Classics and History in Basel, Politiers, and Cambridge. In 2017 he completed his doctorate at Humboldt University in Berlin with a thesis on "Conceptions of Roman Society in Theodor Mommsen and Mattias Gelzer." He lives in Frankfurt, where he works as the arts section editor of Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung.


Reviews

Das ist schon wieder so ein Buch, das ich zweimal lesen/hören muss. Hier kommt's auf jede Feinheit drauf an. Mich wundert nicht, dass das Buch von einigen in Richtung regressiver Konservatismus gedeutet wurde. Ich versuche mal zu begründen warum ich das anders sehe: Erstes Zitat des Buches, der Songte......more

Goodreads review by Bine

Ein unspektakuläres Buch. Nichts, was mir in Erinnerung bleiben wird. Der Protagonist ist dazu auch noch wahnsinnig pathetisch und unsympathisch. Dieses ganze Gejammer über die heutige Gesellschaft. Solche Bücher, die dann immer wieder das gleiche kritisieren, finde ich unfassbar anstrengend. Generel......more