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From the Depth of the Lake
A Benedictine monastery, idyllically located by a lake. Their guest wing is well-frequented, but most of the monks are approaching biblical age. One of the younger monks has just left the monastery and started a family. Ever since, Lukas, who is in his late 30s, has also begun to question his path in life. Then Sarah appears - mindful, caring and corporeal. Lukas' fellows are urging him to take over the leadership of the monastery, but life is pulling at him, too. In order to make a decision, Lukas surrenders himself to the lake: the act of swimming allows our bodies and minds to open up.
256 pages
2021
978-3-257-07146-7
»Moritz Heger has penned an intelligent, laconic novel about faith and the search for the right path in life.«
»This book is still, like a lake, and you can immerse yourself in it and lose yourself. And then the water carries you. Wonderful.«
»The lovely thing about this novel: it makes a plea for opening oneself up to things, both the new and the old.«
»From the Depth of the Lake is a quiet novel. Thoughtful, melancholic, densely woven and yet full of open development threads.«
»Reading this novel is like having a short holiday, the benefits of which stay with you for a long time.«
»The questions this text raises are so fundamental that it could rival many thrillers in the tension stakes.«
»An incredibly poetic book; like a long, beautiful poem, one without rhyme, yet interlaced with delicate humour.«
»A quiet, calmly powerful story.«
»A fate is unfurled carefully and with a gentle narrative rhythm.«
»Wonderful; in its thinking, its language, its emotion.«