“Maja Lunde delivers razor-sharp portraits of humans in crisis. (…) This is a unique novel unlike most others I have read. Not only does it maintain a high literary level, but it also manages to capture something universally human. (…) It is impossible not to be impressed by this book: the quality of the language, the plot, and the message that Lunde manages to discreetly weave into every single chapter.” Mai Lene Fløysvik Hæåk, Stavanger Aftenblad (Rating 5/6)

“This is a devouring book, and so heartbreaking that I have no words. (…) It’s hard not to be excited about this extraordinary story.” Simen Ingemundsen, Randaberg 24 (6/6)

“Maja Lunde very skilfully translates the topic into literature by not making grand philosophical reflections, but by describing the very concrete effects of immortality on the lives of individual people”
WDR, Westart (literary radio program, public radio)

»A very, multi-layered, multi-voiced, well-composed novel. A very, multi-layered, multi-voiced, well-composed novel.« WDR, Westart

“Maja Lunde always tells a deeply touching human story”
NDR Kultur (radio program, public radio)

»Bestselling author Maja Lunde makes time stand still in her new novel, and I also completely forgot it while reading, I wanted so much to know what was going on here (…) A mystery that is endlessly captivating.« Brigitte (leading womens magazine)

“A book that is pleasantly uncomfortable”
fFreundin (womens magazine)

“A dystopian story with emotional depth”
Die Presse am Sonntag (Austrian Sunday supplement)

“Profound and very special!”
Tv hören und sehen (tv & radio magazine)

“A fascinating thought experiment that resonates for a long time”
HörZu (programme magazine)

A great novel about life in the here and now and our relationship with nature”
Für Sie (womens magazine)

“An emotional novel about life and its finiteness”
Ok! Magazine (tabloid)

“Maja Lunde has sensitively written a great social novel that makes us reflect on the question of how we want to live and what time means to us”
Aachener Zeitung (daily newspaper city of Aachen/local)

“Sensitively and with a lot of warmth, the story is about life in the now, our own finiteness and our connection to nature”
Laura (womens magazine)

“With warmth and sensitivity, Maja Lunde tells of finiteness, the now and our connection to nature”
Bremer (cityguide Bremen)