Memoria / Memoria
Thriller
Who does your memory belong to?
A summer in the near future. Harriet is haunted by memories that seem entirely foreign to her. Gradually, more and more fragments appear, and Harriet has to admit to herself that what she had considered to be her life up till now might not have happened the way she thought it had.
Harriet was once set to have a career as a pianist, until a seemingly innocuous procedure on her hand destroyed her big dream. At least that’s what she always believed. But ever since...
Harriet was once set to have a career as a pianist, until a seemingly innocuous procedure on her hand destroyed her big dream. At least that’s what she always believed. But ever since...
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A summer in the near future. Harriet is haunted by memories that seem entirely foreign to her. Gradually, more and more fragments appear, and Harriet has to admit to herself that what she had considered to be her life up till now might not have happened the way she thought it had.
Harriet was once set to have a career as a pianist, until a seemingly innocuous procedure on her hand destroyed her big dream. At least that’s what she always believed. But ever since she saved a woman from a forest fire, she is tortured by strange memories: scenes that seem to belong to a different life—and recurring images of acts of violence that she herself perpetrates …
Harriet begins to doubt her sanity and sets out on a journey into her past. But in doing so, she seems to have started something she can no longer control, and with each hidden memory that returns, she is getting dangerously close to a menacing truth …
Harriet was once set to have a career as a pianist, until a seemingly innocuous procedure on her hand destroyed her big dream. At least that’s what she always believed. But ever since she saved a woman from a forest fire, she is tortured by strange memories: scenes that seem to belong to a different life—and recurring images of acts of violence that she herself perpetrates …
Harriet begins to doubt her sanity and sets out on a journey into her past. But in doing so, she seems to have started something she can no longer control, and with each hidden memory that returns, she is getting dangerously close to a menacing truth …
After her award-winning bestseller Paradise City, Zoё Beck creates a new terrifyingly topical vision of the future: How reliable are our memories? How do they influence us? And who decides what we are allowed to forget?
»… the gripping narrative style, the abundance of crisp dialogue, the sophisticated plot, the action, and not least, the vision it provides of our future living environment all make Memoria an intelligent and enjoyable read.« Hanspeter Eggenberger, krimikritik.com
»Zoë Beck has perfected the ability to convey in her stories contemporary phenomena that have about as many layers to them as her novels have pages.« Die Welt on Paradise City
»Zoë Beck is in total control. The cross connections that emerge between the protagonists are convincing and the causal chain that results from the various events never appears forced.« Peter Körte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Die Lieferantin
»Zoё Beck’s narration is fast-paced, but she also dedicates time to her strong female characters. She conceives a high-tech nightmare but isn’t annoying with the depiction of technical details. Instead, she leads us right into the normality of a future everyday world.« Matthias Schümann, NDR on Paradise City
»Beck’s linguistic minimalism has the effect of tilt–shift photography, in which rich colours and purposeful blurring can make even […] skyrises seem like a miniature.« Katrin Doerksen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Paradise City
»Zoë Beck has perfected the ability to convey in her stories contemporary phenomena that have about as many layers to them as her novels have pages.« Die Welt on Paradise City
»Zoë Beck is in total control. The cross connections that emerge between the protagonists are convincing and the causal chain that results from the various events never appears forced.« Peter Körte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Die Lieferantin
»Zoё Beck’s narration is fast-paced, but she also dedicates time to her strong female characters. She conceives a high-tech nightmare but isn’t annoying with the depiction of technical details. Instead, she leads us right into the normality of a future everyday world.« Matthias Schümann, NDR on Paradise City
»Beck’s linguistic minimalism has the effect of tilt–shift photography, in which rich colours and purposeful blurring can make even […] skyrises seem like a miniature.« Katrin Doerksen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Paradise City
»… the gripping narrative style, the abundance of crisp dialogue, the sophisticated plot, the action, and not least, the vision it provides of our future living environment all make Memoria an intelligent and enjoyable read.« Hanspeter Eggenberger, krimikritik.com
»Zoë Beck has perfected the ability to convey in her stories contemporary phenomena that have about as many layers to them as her novels have pages.« Die Welt...
»Zoë Beck has perfected the ability to convey in her stories contemporary phenomena that have about as many layers to them as her novels have pages.« Die Welt...
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2023, 280 pages
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Zoë Beck
Author
Zoë Beck, born in 1975, completed her education in Germany and England. She is a writer, translator (including works by Sally Rooney and Denise Mina), publisher (CulturBooks), and works in film and television. She lives in Berlin. Zoë Beck belongs among the most important German crime fiction authors and has been awarded numerous prizes such as the Friedrich-Glauser-Preis, the RRadio-Bremen-Krimipreis and the German Crime Fiction Prize, among others.
Zoë Beck
Author
Zoë Beck, born in 1975, completed her education in Germany and England. She is a writer, translator (including works by Sally Rooney and Denise...
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