Heinz Helle

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Zum zweiten Mal ist er Vater geworden. In der einen Nacht will und will die kleine Tochter nicht aufhören zu schreien, und in der nächsten fragt er sich, ob sie noch atmet. Am Tag findet er sich zwischen Windeln und Fläschchen und dem Playmobil des ersten Kindes wieder. Und während seine Frau die Hauptverdienerin ist, träumt er von einem Leben in einem großen Haus am Meer oder von Sex mit anderen. Er ist überfordert als Vater, verunsichert als Mann. Wieso fällt es ihm so schwer, sich in seine Rolle einzufügen? Und welche dunklen Seiten hat sein Mann-Sein, welches Potenzial an Wut und Gewalt schlummert in ihm? Mit seinem Kind im Arm sucht er nach Antworten und findet Momente der Liebe, der Nähe und des Glücks. "Wellen" ist ein Roman über das Auf und Ab im Alltag eines jungen Vaters, eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Wunder des Lebens und der Liebe zum eigenen Kind. Er erzählt von einem modernen, um Gleichberechtigung bemühten Mann in einer Gesellschaft, in der immer noch alte Ideale und Geschlechterverhältnisse vorherrschen.

Wellen

Somewhere in the Austrian Alps, a group of men in their thirties have gathered for a weekend away. When they come down from their cabin, the world has ended. As the men wander through this destroyed human landscape, Euphoria's nameless narrator reveals only small, shocking details - a crashed helicopter, a boy sitting impassively beside his murdered parents, a provincial nightclub full of charred bodies. Seeking food and fuel for the fire, but finding only the pointless remnants of their suddenly vanished world, the men realise that all they have left is their lives. And are those really worth anything in a world where their future has crumbled away, their past remains only as an empty taunt and their present is reduced to the monotonous trudge of animal survival?An austere, troubling tale of how quickly men become beasts, Euphoria explores the repressed savagery of human nature and the disturbing meaningless of a world run free from society's restraints.

Euphoria

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Somewhere in the Austrian Alps, a group of men in their thirties have gathered for a weekend away. When they come down from their cabin, the world has ended. As the men wander through this destroyed human landscape, Euphoria's nameless narrator reveals only small, shocking details - a crashed helicopter, a boy sitting impassively beside his murdered parents, a provincial nightclub full of charred bodies. Seeking food and fuel for the fire, but finding only the pointless remnants of their suddenly vanished world, the men realise that all they have left is their lives. And are those really worth anything in a world where their future has crumbled away, their past remains only as an empty taunt and their present is reduced to the monotonous trudge of animal survival? An austere, troubling tale of how quickly men become beasts, Euphoria explores the repressed savagery of human nature and the disturbing meaningless of a world run free from society's restraints.

Alone in New York, separated from his girlfriend by the Atlantic Ocean, the name-less narrator of Heinz Helle's electric debut novel is sinking slowly into crisis. He loves his girlfriend but finds himself attracted to every woman he sees. He is cursed with total self-awareness yet can't seem to control his actions. And his brain won't stop its whirring analysis of the world around him, second-guessing everything he thinks and says and does. Normal life - watching football with friends, drinking with work colleagues, being with his girlfriend - is becoming almost impossible to bear. As the narrator struggles with the everyday difficulties of existence, Superabundance asks: how do we live when our relationships, our actions and even our own minds are filled with such heartbreaking mystery?

Superabundance

Alone in New York, separated from his girlfriend by the Atlantic Ocean, the name-less narrator of Heinz Helle's electric debut novel is sinking slowly into crisis.He loves his girlfriend but finds himself attracted to every woman he sees. He is cursed with total self-awareness yet can't seem to control his actions. And his brain won't stop its whirring analysis of the world around him, second-guessing everything he thinks and says and does. Normal life - watching football with friends, drinking with work colleagues, being with his girlfriend - is becoming almost impossible to bear.As the narrator struggles with the everyday difficulties of existence, Superabundance asks: how do we live when our relationships, our actions and even our own minds are filled with such heartbreaking mystery?

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