Description
Anxiety-eater, the (lat. Hirudo Timor), blood-like parasite, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a therapy against anxiety, panic and trauma. Initial side effects such as nightmares, hallucinations, re-experience of earlier emotional states are followed by rapid, continuous therapeutic success.
Apparently.
Kyra, an unstable young woman who is threatening to break apart at the ghosts of her past, sees therapy with the help of a Hirudo Timor as her last chance to free herself from her fears.
But what is so terrible that any memory of her childhood seems to be erased from her mind?
Little by little she can free herself from her post-traumatic stress disorder. But suddenly the memories come back and the past catches up with her again...
Powerfully eloquent, but also sensitive, Grit Poppe pulls the readers into a whirlpool of fear, guilt and surreality.
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Reviews
"With powerful words, the author writes here a story of how it could have really happened, how it happened again and again with certainty.
Anett's Book World, June 8, 2020
"Poppe's dark novel describes the destruction of people by political systems."
ecz library service, April 27, 2020
"Poppe is quasi a specialist for literary coping with problems."
Antje Scherer, Märkische Oderzeitung, March 31, 2020
"The strength of Angstfresser is above all the original idea of the little monster that feeds on fear and worry.
Marion Rave, schiefgelesen.de, March 24, 2020
"It's impressive how Grit Poppe knows how to paint situations, to draw us into moments and to surprise us again and again with ideas. German history and states of mind, combined in a fast-paced novel.
new germany, March 10, 2020
"Grit Poppe presents a novel in which a German-German story is told as a psychological drama that is painful not only for the protagonists but also for the reader.
Kai Agthe, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, March 7/8, 2020
"This book is like a political thriller.
kultursegler.de, February 18, 2020
"In her new novel, Grit Poppe also blasts reality and gives free rein to her imagination.
Welf Grombacher, Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, February 4, 2020
Author Biography
Grit Poppe, born 1964 in Boltenhagen, studied at the Institute of Literature in Leipzig and writes books for children, young people and adults. She has received various scholarships and prizes. Her last position was city writer in Rheinsberg (2018). For the youth novel "Weggesperrt" she was awarded the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize, among others. Her volume of short stories "Der Fluch" was published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag in 1989. The author lives in Potsdam.
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- Publisher Mitteldeutscher Verlag
- Publication Date February 2020
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783963112393
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 20 EUR
- Pages352
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleAngstfresser
- Original Language AuthorsGerman
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size130x210 mm
- Illustrationnone
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