Janne Teller

Nothing

The day he realised that it wasn’t worth doing anything as nothing really mattered anyway, Pierre Anthon walked out of school…’

Thus begins the story of Pierre Anthon, who leaves school to train for the role of doing nothing. He just sits in a plum tree, throwing plums and shouting at his classmates about the meaninglessness of life. So demoralised are his classmates that they decide to create a collection of meaningful things that prove life does mean something after all. Little do they know that their quest will cost them each something precious, and will make them realise that it’s only when you’ve lost something that you really understand its value.

A ground-breaking existential novel for young adults, Janne Teller’s NOTHING has caused enormous debate across Europe, and has received several awards. Selling over 30,000 copies in Denmark alone and published in eight other languages, NOTHING asks the universal question, what is the meaning of life?

Nothing
Janne Teller
Gyldendal
14+ years
116 pp
1 title
Proprietor: Gyldendal
Rights Available: World English