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In the Absence of Heroes
Published by Diogenes as Ganz normale Helden
Original Title: In the Absence of Heroes
For a year, Jeff Delpe, 18, has tried to help his parents after the death of his younger brother, Donald. Now he is fed up: His father sees moving to the countryside as the only solution to the family tragedy, and his mother spends her days chatting with an unknown man named God. So Jeff decides to disappear. His new address is www.lifeoflore.com, where he is the big star of an online game and earns a lot of money. In order not to lose another son, his distraught father ends up looking for him in the place that is more foreign to him than any other. Reluctantly he sneaks into Jeff's online world... creating havoc, most of all for himself. While he fights his way up, level after level, to his son's sphere, offline he falls into an abyss and risks losing his job and his wife. Is that the end of the Delpe family? Far from it.
Contemporary Literature
464 pages
2012

978-3-257-06794-1
Anthony
McCarten

Anthony McCarten, born in New Zealand in 1961, is an award- winning novelist, playwright and screen-writer. He has adapted several of his novels, acclaimed by critics and readers alike, for the big screen. In 2015 he was nominated for two ›Oscars‹ and won two ›BAFTAS‹ for his screenplay The Theory Of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. His play Ladies Night continues to be an international hit. Anthony McCarten divides his time between London and Munich.

Anthony McCarten

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Anja Hirsch
Der Falter, Vienna
»Anthony McCarten's narrative is compelling, funny and clever, with sparkling dialogue and told at a rattling pace.«
Südwest Presse, Ulm
»How skilfully Anthony McCarten pulls the strings in his exciting but touching social novel – and with plenty of surprises.«
Stefan Hauck
Börsenblatt, Frankfurt
»Another sparkling novel by Anthony McCarten.«