Bookclub
Goethe Book Club: “Empty Hearts” by Juli Zeh
Meet to discuss works from contemporary German-speaking authors in our Goethe Book Club hosted by Chris Walker. Each selection can be read in its English translation or original German; the discussion will be in English.
On Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00 pm CDT we will meet to discuss Juli Zeh’s Empty Hearts (German title: “Leere Herzen”, 2017, translated by John Cullen).
The book is also available in the Goethe Institut’s eLibrary. You can borrow a free digital copy (in German only).
About the book
But her legitimate business is connected to a secret and far more lucrative operation known as “The Bridge”, an outfit that supplies terrorist organizations looking to employ suicide bombers. Using a complex candidate-identifying algorithm designed by Babak, a brilliant programmer and Britta’s only employee, “The Bridge” has effectively cornered the market, and terrorism never takes place without Britta’s services—which is why news of a thwarted suicide attack in Leipzig comes as a shock. Then “The Bridge’s” database is stolen, driving Britta, Babak, and their latest recruit into hiding. On their heels is a new terrorist organization called the “Empty Hearts”, a group unlike any Britta and Babak have encountered before.
Part suspenseful thriller, part wickedly effective social satire, Empty Hearts is a novel for our times, examining urgent questions of morality, politics, and culture and presenting a startling vision of a future where empathy is a thing of the past.
About the author
Summary: Courtesy of Penguin Random House
Details
Online
USA
Language: English
Price: Free Admission
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Part of series Goethe Book Club