This is a work of exceptional power and beauty from one of Europe's finest writers. When someone very close to you dies your whole life changes. Everything is different. Alice is the central figure in these five inter-connected narratives, which tell of her life at times of loss. Suddenly it is no longer possible to say what the person looked like, how he spoke, cursed, smiled, how he lived his life. Objects are left behind, books, letters, pictures and every now and again you think you can see them in a crowd. Judith Hermann tells of days of transition, of waiting, of holding on and letting go and of how clear and dazzling such days can sometimes be. "Alice" is a book of extraordinary power and great literary beauty from one of Europe's finest writers.
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Judith Hermann (Berlín, 1970) se ha colocado en las listas de los libros más vendidos de Alemania con su última novela, "En casa", que ha sido galardonada con el Premio Bremen de Literatura y narra la historia de una mujer que deja mucho detrás de sí: los recuerdos, las decisiones y el instante en que la vida se bifurca.