Nothing by Janne Teller
In a small Danish town, a seventh-grade boy named Pierre Anthon declares that life is meaningless and leaves school to sit in a plum tree, throwing fruit at his classmates and taunting them with his nihilistic views. Disturbed by his assertions, his classmates embark on a desperate quest to prove him wrong by creating a "heap of meaning," a pile of objects that hold personal significance to them. As the pile grows, the sacrifices become increasingly extreme and disturbing, revealing the dark and complex nature of human values and the lengths people will go to find purpose in a seemingly indifferent world.
- Published
- 2000
- Nationality
- Danish
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-200
- Original Language
- Danish
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