Julia Jessen
In this wonderful debut, Julia Jessen tells Oda’s story, the story of a woman who knows the happiness of family life as well as the joys of escaping it, who doesn’t lose herself in the contradictory demands of “modern” life, who makes unconventional decisions and never feels at odds with them.
There’s the little girl, the fi rst lie and the sense of freedom. There’s the provocative sixteen-year-old, her merciless yet affectionate exasperation with her family, and her first sexual encounter. And there’s the young woman who would like a second child but whose husband objects. How do you deal with that and stay together? How do you overcome estrangement and keep on loving? Into old age?
This impressive novel tells the story of a life. Wholly and utterly of our time. And all will be bright.
Julia Jessen was born in 1974. She initially studied literature but then left off to train as an actor. She worked in theatre, television and fi lm for ten years and taught in various drama schools. In 2010 Jessen set up “Kurswerk” in Hamburg, ...
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