Das Glück der anderen

"Absolutely unforgettable." (Brigitte) A plague breaks out in a small American town. Jacob Hansen, sheriff, mortician and pastor, has to watch helplessly as the inhabitants turn a deaf ear to his warnings about the disease and disregard all quarantine measures. The number of dead grows dramatically, and there is no longer any sign of the peaceful village idyll. Panic breaks out. And Jacob Hansen has to decide: between the responsibility for the community and saving his private life's happiness. "A novel that traps the reader's imagination as if with hot needles." (Die Weltwoche) "Absolutely unforgettable." (Brigitte) A plague breaks out in a small American town. Jacob Hansen, sheriff, mortician, and pastor, must watch helplessly as the residents turn a deaf ear to his warnings about the disease and all quarantine measures.