Tick Tack

After her debut "The High-Rise Jumper," Julia von Lucadou presents her new book: a clever novel about our present – insidiously entertaining and unsettling.

Before she lies down on the subway tracks, 15-year-old Mette announces her intentions in TikTok videos. No one reacts – yet she is saved. The suicide attempt confuses her privileged surroundings: until now, she has delivered the performance of a gifted child professionally – Mette's strategy to stay under the radar of a world whose hypocrisy frustrates her. Then she meets Jo, ten years older, brilliant and full of anger, a true ally. As an anti-influencer, he has built a following and recruits Mette for the fight against the mainstream. A game begins, the rules of which she cannot decipher.

With dazzling clarity and cutting wit, Julia von Lucadou presents a snapshot of our present, where digital and real realities completely intertwine.