Janne Teller’s Danish novel ’Intet’, or ’Nothing’, has become a bestseller in Germany over the past three weeks, writes Politiken.
The book was published in Denmark ten years ago to huge acclaim, and at the time scooped numerous awards. It was recently printed in German and is currently the best-selling children’s novel on the German Amazon website.
The book is the story of a group of teenagers who attempt to disprove that life is without meaning. One of the boys leaves the group, believing that nothing means anything, and out of fear that he could be right the group members donate more and more valuable things from their own lives. As the boys push themselves to the extreme, one of them finally donates a finger.
It was initially thought that the book was too violent and extreme for the Danish market.
Its current success has now been put down to the contemporary German debate surrounding violence.
The Copenhagen Post
