The Couple of the Century
Bestseller, Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction
When people fall out of love, where does that love go?
A woman wants to leave her husband. Aft er many, many years of marriage and many, many years of living together, she is determined – but also devastated. How did it come to this? While considering her next move, she takes a trip down memory lane. There were indeed many highs: the early, ecstatic days of love at university, the times they spent abroad, and later their years with their young children. But there were also lows, moments that changed the course of their lives. Moments that foreshadowed failure. But can something that went on for so long really be said to have failed?
• A tale of love and marriage in today's world
• »Julia Schoch, archaeologist of her life, digs up what is so often hidden in theeveryday life of couples:
the waves of love, the beauty that remains even in disillusionment.« (Die Zeit, 17.03.22)
• For readers of Alex Schulman, Antje Strubel, and Anne Tyler
Julia Schoch born in 1974, works as a freelance author and translator of French in Potsdam. She received countless nominations and awards for both her writing and her translation. Her novel ‘Das Vorkommnis’ (‘The Incident’) was awarded with the Schubart-Literaturpreis in 2023. She received the 2022 German Schiller Foundation Award for her literary works.
When people fall out of love, where does that love go?
A woman wants to leave her husband. Aft er many, many years of marriage and many, many years of living together, she is determined – but also devastated. How did it come to this? While considering her next move, she takes a trip down memory lane. There were indeed many highs: the early, ecstatic days of love at university, the times they spent abroad, and later their years with their young children. But there were also lows, moments that changed the course of their lives. Moments that foreshadowed failure. But can something that went on for so long really be said to have failed?
• A tale of love and marriage in today's world
• »Julia Schoch, archaeologist of her life, digs up what is so often hidden in theeveryday life of couples:
the waves of love, the beauty that remains even in disillusionment.« (Die Zeit, 17.03.22)
• For readers of Alex Schulman, Antje Strubel, and Anne Tyler