Air

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER NOMINATED AUTHOR OF EUROTRASH 'Playfully surreal ... Kracht has taken a a familiar premise and made it suggestively strange' GUARDIAN 'Sublime and funny ... deserves to be his breakout book in the Anglophone world' TELEGRAPH, 5-STAR REVIEW 'A master of the well-formed sentence' DANIEL KEHLMANN Two men venture through strange landscapes towards unknowable destinations. Paul, a feted designer, wanders the echoing corridors of a server farm in Norway - before, in a sudden blackout, he seems to vanish. In another time and space, a wounded stranger wakes in a forest, watched over by a young girl who helps him flee to an icebound settlement where perhaps he will find safety. Inventive, enigmatic and chromatically resonant, Air is the seductively disorienting new novel from one of the most significant European writers working today. Heir to the ingenious fictions of Ursula K. Le Guin or Jorge Luis Borges, resistant to single interpretation, it unfolds as a haunting journey through a layered universe that may be a dream, the afterlife or reality's inverted twin. 'Air is as enigmatic as its title' TLS 'Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' JOSHUA COHEN 'Read him for the experience of reading him. Read him and wonder' NELL ZINK Translated from German by Daniel Bowles

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER NOMINATED AUTHOR OF EUROTRASH 'Playfully surreal ... Kracht has taken a a familiar premise and made it suggestively strange' GUARDIAN 'Sublime and funny ... deserves to be his breakout book in the Anglophone world' TELEGRAPH, 5-STAR REVIEW 'A master of the well-formed sentence' DANIEL KEHLMANN Two men venture through strange landscapes towards unknowable destinations. Paul, a feted designer, wanders the echoing corridors of a server farm in Norway - before, in a sudden blackout, he seems to vanish. In another time and space, a wounded stranger wakes in a forest, watched over by a young girl who helps him flee to an icebound settlement where perhaps he will find safety. Inventive, enigmatic and chromatically resonant, Air is the seductively disorienting new novel from one of the most significant European writers working today. Heir to the ingenious fictions of Ursula K. Le Guin or Jorge Luis Borges, resistant to single interpretation, it unfolds as a haunting journey through a layered universe that may be a dream, the afterlife or reality's inverted twin. 'Air is as enigmatic as its title' TLS 'Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' JOSHUA COHEN 'Read him for the experience of reading him. Read him and wonder' NELL ZINK Translated from German by Daniel Bowles

'A testament to John Boyne's strong storytelling talent' Irish Examiner 'Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past' Irish Times ______ From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son. Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it’s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn’t expecting them. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart. In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives. ______ Praise for John Boyne 'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann 'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan 'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' Observer

'A testament to John Boyne's strong storytelling talent' Irish Examiner 'Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past' Irish Times ______ From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son. Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it’s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn’t expecting them. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart. In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives. ______ Praise for John Boyne 'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann 'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan 'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' Observer

Christian Krachts roman om et umage makkerpar fører os væk fra nutiden og en civilisation, der bejler til det naturlige og autentiske, og ud på et fantastisk eventyr, som sprænger alle rammer. Air er en radikal og smuk genistreg. Paul er en schweizisk indretningsarkitekt, der lever i selvvalgt isolation i den lille skotske by Stromness på Orkneyøerne. Da Paul modtager et lukrativt jobtilbud for et designmagasin i Stavanger, hvor et enormt datacenter skal males i den helt rigtige hvide nuance, begiver han sig ud på en rejse, som fører ham til grænsen af den verden, han kender. Hinsides tid og sted møder han pigen Ildr, som bor i en lille hytte i et land, hvor sult, ensomhed, sygdomme og krigeriske soldater hærger. Inden længe er Ildr og Paul på flugt gennem et ukendt landskab. Air er en bevægende eventyrfortælling på grænsen til en ny tidsalder præget af datalagring, solstorme og kunstig intelligens. “Det er er længe siden, en roman har demonstreret litteraturens egenart med en sådan radikalitet og fortælleglæde.”die zeit

Christian Krachts roman om et umage makkerpar fører os væk fra nutiden og en civilisation, der bejler til det naturlige og autentiske, og ud på et fantastisk eventyr, som sprænger alle rammer. Air er en radikal og smuk genistreg. Paul er en schweizisk indretningsarkitekt, der lever i selvvalgt isolation i den lille skotske by Stromness på Orkneyøerne. Da Paul modtager et lukrativt jobtilbud for et designmagasin i Stavanger, hvor et enormt datacenter skal males i den helt rigtige hvide nuance, begiver han sig ud på en rejse, som fører ham til grænsen af den verden, han kender. Hinsides tid og sted møder han pigen Ildr, som bor i en lille hytte i et land, hvor sult, ensomhed, sygdomme og krigeriske soldater hærger. Inden længe er Ildr og Paul på flugt gennem et ukendt landskab. Air er en bevægende eventyrfortælling på grænsen til en ny tidsalder præget af datalagring, solstorme og kunstig intelligens. “Det er er længe siden, en roman har demonstreret litteraturens egenart med en sådan radikalitet og fortælleglæde.”die zeit

Christian Krachts roman om et umage makkerpar fører os væk fra nutiden og en civilisation, der bejler til det naturlige og autentiske, og ud på et fantastisk eventyr, som sprænger alle rammer. Air er en radikal og smuk genistreg. Paul er en schweizisk indretningsarkitekt, der lever i selvvalgt isolation i den lille skotske by Stromness på Orkneyøerne. Da Paul modtager et lukrativt jobtilbud for et designmagasin i Stavanger, hvor et enormt datacenter skal males i den helt rigtige hvide nuance, begiver han sig ud på en rejse, som fører ham til grænsen af den verden, han kender. Hinsides tid og sted møder han pigen Ildr, som bor i en lille hytte i et land, hvor sult, ensomhed, sygdomme og krigeriske soldater hærger. Inden længe er Ildr og Paul på flugt gennem et ukendt landskab. Air er en bevægende eventyrfortælling på grænsen til en ny tidsalder præget af datalagring, solstorme og kunstig intelligens. “Det er er længe siden, en roman har demonstreret litteraturens egenart med en sådan radikalitet og fortælleglæde.” die zeit Christian Kracht (f. 1966) er en schweizisk forfatter og regnes for en af de vigtigste stemmer i moderne tysksproget litteratur. På dansk er senest udkommet romanen Eurotrash , som blev nomineret til den internationale Booker-pris.

What do you tell a younger child who wants to know what air is? This fully illustrated book explains air in simple terms, and includes interesting information, such as the existence of air in soil, in water, and in one's body. Fun activities end every chapter giving students the opportunity to see for themselves how how air exists in soil and water, how air takes up space, how it has weight, etc. Students also get to make a pinwheel, a sailboat and parachute, and observe the effect air has on each. The accompanying learning guide directs the student through the book and activities.