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Zusatztext 68200679 Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Roche was born in 1978 in High Wycombe, England, but was brought up and lives in Germany. She has been a highly respected presenter on the German equivalent of MTV. Her first novel, Wetlands, was an international publishing sensation, selling over 2 million copies worldwide. Klappentext In her controversial first novel! "Wetlands!" Roche wrote about sex and the female body in an unprecedentedly frank and intimate way. Now! her second novel is just as raw and powerful! but is a more mature and impressive work that deals with sex! death! fidelity! and the question of what is expected from a 21st century wife and mother. "In this follow-up to her 2009 bestselling debut novel "Wetlands," the British-born, German author Charlotte Roche is once again out to shock. . . . "Wrecked" is likely to become a cult classic, "American Psycho" by way of Catherine Millet, as Roche places domestic sex at the forefront of contemporary erotic culture."--"Financial Times" "Reading this book is like visiting another planet, but I think I should go there more often. . . . Sex is the bait with which Roche lures us into a dark and psychologically complex novel that addresses some difficult themes: the shortcomings of the women's movement; the psychological consequences of familial breakdown and bereavement; the pressures of being a mother in this bewildering, hyper-self-conscious age. . . . I find Roche's brand of bloody-minded emotional openness inspiring. If women's liberation means freeing us to be more truly ourselves, we should celebrate a writer like Roche, whose voice is defiantly, shamelessly her own."--"Guardian" "Roche's style is hauntingly disarming; beneath Elizabeth's surface narrative lie troubling themes of personal deprecation, sexual promiscuity, and the affecting nature of familial relationships."--"Bust" "There are things in this book that could even spark a new sexual revolution." --"Stern" "Elizabeth Kiehl is a mother, wife, photographer, daughter, ex-wife (sort of), ex-wild child, confused feminist, militant atheist and survivor. . . There are moments of fascinating psychology, as well as deceptively muted visceral screams, and by the end of the book, one is not sure whether to admire, pity, or detest Elizabeth. . . For some readers, the mesmerizing if unsettling narrative might be groundbreaking."--"Kirkus Reviews" "A frank, nuanced, and gripping look at what makes a good marriage . . . The novel dispenses its ideas with disarming simplicity, but no one should let that fool them into thinking that it lacks complexity or relevance. Roche has written Zusammenfassung "Sex is the answer to death."?Charlotte Roche In her controversial first novel! Wetlands ! which The New York Times called "a cri de coeur against the oppression of a waxed! shaved! douched and otherwise sanitized women’s world”! Roche wrote about sex and the female body in an unprecedentedly frank and intimate way. Roche's second novel! Wrecked is just as raw and powerful as her debut! but is a more mature and impressive work that deals with sex! death! fidelity! and the question of what is expected from a twenty-first century wife and mother. "It's easier to give a blow job than to make coffee." That's what Elizabeth Kiehl! mother of seven-year-old Liza thinks to herself! after a particularly lengthy and inventive bout of sex with her husband Georg—recounted in detail over the book's first twenty pages. Elizabeth goes to great efforts to pleasure her husband in the bedroom! and also is an extremely thoughtful and caring mother to her daughter. But the perfect mother and wife act she puts on hides a painful past and a tragic rift in her psyche! which she is working through in weekly sessions with her therapist. Sex is the other tool that she uses to relax herself. Elizabeth and Georg watch porn t...
