THE RAGE THAT REMAINS

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  • A powerful, poetic work that recognises and identifies some painful aspects of our society.
  • Recommended by New Books in German (Goethe Institute).
  • English sample translation available.

What happens when a mother no longer wants to, or is unable to, go on?

Helene, mother of three children, gets up during dinner, goes out onto the balcony and throws herself to her death. The family is in shock. Suddenly everything that previously held them together has gone: love, care, security. Helene’s best friend Sarah, who had both envied and pitied Helene for her family, is dragged into a vortex of grief and chaos. Lola, Helene’s eldest daughter, searches for a way of coping with her emotions, and concentrates on the feeling that is strongest: anger.
Three women: one cannot do what life asks of a mother. The other two have to find a way to fill the void. Their fates intertwine in Mareike Fallwickl’s stirring and clear-sighted novel about what it means to be a woman in today’s society.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Buchverlag
  • Release: 22.03.2022
  • ISBN: 978-3-498-00296-1
  • 384 Pages
  • Author: Mareike Fallwickl

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THE RAGE THAT REMAINS
Mareike Fallwickl THE RAGE THAT REMAINS
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Mareike Fallwickl

Mareike Fallwickl was born in Hallein near Salzburg. She is a freelance author and lives near Salzburg. In 2018,  Dunkelgrün fast schwarz was published, followed by  Das Licht ist hier viel heller in 2019. Her bestseller  Die Wut, die bleibt received acclaim from both critics and readers. The stage adaptation premiered at the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2023. Mareike Fallwickl is committed to promoting literature, with a focus on female narrative voices.