Author | Juli Zeh |
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Language | German |
Publisher | Luchterhand Literaturverlag |
Publication date | 2016 |
Publication place | Germany |
Pages | 639 |
ISBN | 978-3-630-87487-6 |
Unterleuten is a 2016 novel by the German writer Juli Zeh. It is set in a village in Brandenburg and follows the locals, among whom conflicts and ambitions emerge when a company wants to create a wind farm in the area. [1] [2] [3]
Unterleuten was a bestseller in Germany. By July 2016, it had sold more than 110,000 copies. [4]
It has been translated into Italian with the title "Turbine" (Turbines) [5]
The novel was the basis for Unterleuten: The Torn Village , a television serial that premiered on ZDF in 2020. [6]
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