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Der große Gesellschaftsroman von Juli Zeh

Manchmal kann die Idylle auch die Hölle sein. Wie das Dorf "Unterleuten" irgendwo in Brandenburg. Wer nur einen flüchtigen Blick auf das Dorf wirft, ist bezaubert von den altertümlichen Namen der Nachbargemeinden, von den schrulligen Originalen, die den Ort nach der Wende prägen, von der unberührten Natur mit den seltenen Vogelarten, von den kleinen Häusern, die sich Stadtflüchtlinge aus Berlin gerne kaufen, um sich den Traum von einem unschuldigen und unverdorbenen Leben außerhalb der Hauptstadthektik zu erfüllen. Doch als eine Investmentfirma einen Windpark in unmittelbarer Nähe der Ortschaft errichten will, brechen Streitigkeiten wieder auf, die lange Zeit unterdrückt wurden. Denn da ist nicht nur der Gegensatz zwischen den neu zugezogenen Berliner Aussteigern, die mit großstädtischer Selbstgerechtigkeit und Arroganz und wenig Sensibilität in sämtliche Fettnäpfchen der Provinz treten. Da ist auch der nach wie vor untergründig schwelende Konflikt zwischen Wendegewinnern und Wendeverlierern. Kein Wunder, dass im Dorf schon bald die Hölle los ist ...

Mit "Unterleuten" hat Juli Zeh einen großen Gesellschaftsroman über die wichtigen Fragen unserer Zeit geschrieben, der sich hochspannend wie ein Thriller liest. Gibt es im 21. Jahrhundert noch eine Moral jenseits des Eigeninteresses? Woran glauben wir? Und wie kommt es, dass immer alle nur das Beste wollen, und am Ende trotzdem Schreckliches passiert?

Print length

639 pages
Language

German
Publisher

Random House GmbH
Publication date

March 1, 2016
Dimensions

5.87 x 1.97 x 8.74 inches
ISBN-10

3630874878
ISBN-13

978-3630874876
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House GmbH (March 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ German
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 639 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3630874878
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3630874876
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.87 x 1.97 x 8.74 inches

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Wayne Hall

Juli Zeh's best work

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021

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Of the five novels by Juli Zeh that I’ve read now, I think that Unterleuten (2016) is the best. At 640 pages, it’s certainly the longest. It’s a Gesellschaftsroman, a complex portrayal of a village in the former East Germany, where it is now 2010 and where all kinds of forces are in conflict with each other. There are some old grudges between neighbors who have known each other all their lives, between people who are successful financially and those who are not, between newcomers from the former West Germany, between people who like cities vs. those who like quiet little villages, between people who would welcome major changes in the village vs. those who want nothing to change ever. There is kind of a gruesome conclusion, but there are no great mysteries and not much violence. Until you realize that there actually was kind of a lot of violence.

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019

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Ich sehe "UNTERLEUTEN" Als einen spiegelglat analogue fur der Thorrnten Weilder zwei-stunde Schauspiel "Our Town"...eine ganz berhumte und ausfurliche Erforschung einen Stadt und den einheimische inhaber. UNTERLEUTEN unterschidet such von der Thornten Weilder Schauspiel indas UNTERLEUTEN ist 640 Seiten LANG.!!!!.und erfordete viel Langer als nur Zwei Stunden zu lesen..!!!... Wie in Our Town...in diese Geschichte gibt es keine "Car Chase" und, merkenswurdigerweise....in Unterleuten gibt es keinen ausgerechnete schuschlich Mensch.....aber...ja....Schurken...gibt es.

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Paul Catteeuw

Absolute erzählerische Klasse

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017

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Der Roman ist wirklich eine Reise durch die Zeit bis in die DDR-Periode. Zeh zeigt auf großartige Weise, wie sich der östliche Teil Deutschlands entwickelt hat. Sie lässt den Leser urteilen, ob das positiv oder negativ sei. Der fragliche Einfluss vom Westen zeigt, dass sich eine Region auch ändern kann in eine Richtung, die niemand will.
Dieses Buch ist eine wunderbare Ergänzung (obwohl ganz anders gestaltet), zu Eugen Ruges In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts. Zeh fängt an, wo Ruhe aufhört.

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Hildegard Carlin

Mir gefiel das ehemalige Ost Dorf als Mittelpunkt der Handlung ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2017

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Mir gefiel das ehemalige Ost Dorf als Mittelpunkt der Handlung und zugleich der doppelsinnige Name auf die darin lebenden Personen anspielend. Der Ausdruck "komische Vögel" fliegt geradezu vom Titeleinband. Ich fand einige Charaktere zum Teil allerdings etwas überzogen oder nicht ganz konsequent in ihrer Handlungsweise. Aber ich las ein E-Buch. Konnte aber wollte nicht ewig zurückblättern um richtig zu liegen. Kann mich also auch irren. Trotzdem ein faszinierender Knäuel von Leuten und sonderbaren Käuzen der das Leserinteresse bis zur letzte Seite fesselt.

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Christa Wolf

Great to be able to get German language books.Ju

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021

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Juli Zeh is a young German author who is very successful in Germany. I like to keep up with new German authors.

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2017

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I loved the complex descriptions of the different characters and Juli Zeh's writing style. War ein Vergnuegen dieses deutsche Buch in meiner Wahlheimat Ecuador zu lesen

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Kirsten Lausvig

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018

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Good descriptions of what goes on in different peoples minds and how they all feel they are right.

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018

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ich hatte mehr erwardet

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Annette

Wirklich sehr gut und empfehlenswert

Reviewed in Germany on April 1, 2024

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Einfach unbedingt selbst lesen!

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M Lefevre

QUE DE FOUS A UNTERLEUTEN

Reviewed in France on July 9, 2022

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LE LIVRE EST DEPRIMANT A CAUSE DES PERSONNAGES QUI - DANS L'INTEGRALITE - ONT SOIT UN PET AU CASQUE SOIT UN PROBLEME CARACTERIEL. L'HUMANITE EST AINSI? L'ECRITURE EST PLUTOT ELEGANTE.

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Benno Spring

War nicht so toll!

Reviewed in Brazil on February 21, 2018

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Die Geschichte ist an sich interessant, weil die handelnden Personen und ihre Beziehungen zueinander etwas außergewöhnlich sind. Der Schluss ist jedoch völlig unpassend, schade!

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c w napier

Village life exposed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2016

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This book explores the dynamics of village life, its power struggles, hierarchies and of course its very colourful characters. It is very well written (german edition) and makes you laugh out loud at the same time as cringe.

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Andrew Chapple

Ambitious panoramic novel that largely succeeds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2019

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Many people know Berlin well now but few of them (me included) know much about the hinterland of Germany's capital, a rural area that has not, like much of the former GDR, done well since reunification. My experience of rural life in northern England finds an echo in this book, though, which is partly about the influx of the young, educated, urban middle class to a small village as well as the decades-long working out of the positions people took and the decisions they made before and after communism.

This is the only of Zeh's novels that I have read, so I don't know how it compares to her other work which seems to be a bit punchier and to rely more on the moves of a psychological thriller. It's long, but concentrates on one main story seen from the points of view of about ten major characters. Zeh holds things together well; the set pieces of psychological tension and change and physical outburst function well and are often very involving; and the touches of humour are nicely judged. Zeh is keen to explain why all her characters behave as they do, which is a strength of the novel, but it does lead her into some longish passages of exposition which make up one of its weaker aspects. The characters felt a little emblematic and I was only rarely surprised by what someone did.

For the non-native German reader the writing poses few real problems (I am self-taught and read this with a dictionary near by) but it is idiomatic, especially the chapters seen from the points of view of the young urbanites, and I expect I missed quite a lot of the nuances of what was going on. I didn't feel there was too much I just didn't understand, and reading quite solidly didn't often wear me out the way reading a foreign language can sometimes do.

Overall, I would recommend this novel if you are looking for an insight into the development of German society over the past decade or two, or if you would like to meet a wide range of people and watch them interact over a long, hot summer in the flat fleids and woods of Brandenburg.

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