Wir treffen uns, wenn alle weg sind

by Iva Procházková

Mojmir Demeter hat sich in eine Hütte in den Prager Bergen zurückgezogen. Dort kümmert er sich um eine alte Frau, kocht für sie und macht ihr den Haushalt. Mit seinen Freunden in der Stadt ist er per Handy in Verbindung und die Welt um ihn herum verändert sich. Schlimme Nachrichten dringen zu ihm durch: eine Virus-Epidemie grassiert, viele Bewohner Prags und auch anderer Städte sind schon angesteckt ... Als nach und nach der Kontakt zu allen, die er kennt, abbricht, wird Mojmir die Sache unheimlich. Wird der Virus etwa die gesamte Zivilisation auslöschen? Da lernt er Jessica kennen, eine der wenigen Überlebenden. Mit ihr wagt er eine abenteuerliche Fahrt in die Stadt - und erfährt, wie wichtig Freundschaft sein kann. Lebenswichtig ...

Genres: School, Young Adult

303 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Iva Procházková was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, in 1953. She spent most of her childhood in Prague. After graduating from J. Neruda grammar school, she could not go on to university for political reasons. She worked in various jobs, among others as a cleaner and a cook. In 1983 she emigrated to Austria with her husband, the film director Ivan Pokorný, and their children. She spent eleven years in exile first in Austria and then in Germany. She wrote plays and books, the latter mainly for children and young people, with some of them gaining substantial recognition. After returning to the Czech Republic in 1995, she began to work together with Czech publishers such as Melantrich, Albatros, Amulet, Mladá Fronta, Arsci and others. She has worked for the Czech TV and is currently devoting all of her time to writing. She now lives in Prague.

Reviews

[Janosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich habe dieses Buch als Jugendliche*r schonmal gelesen. Damals hat es mich sehr berührt - so sehr, dass ich es mir jetzt gebraucht wieder besorgt habe. Insbesondere mit Pandemie-Erfahrung liest es sich nochmal anders. Die Gleichgültigkeit des Protagonisten darüber, was mit der Welt passiert, kann ich jetzt so gar nicht mehr nachvollziehen. Als Mensch mit sehr beziehungsorientierten Werten, passt er aber gut als Erzähler des Buches.
Was dieses Buch besonders schafft, ist das Gefühl zu vermitteln, dass du einfach irgendwie weiter machst. Auch wenn die Welt kaputt ist, treiben dich deine Träume weiter an. Zum Glück für Mojmir kann sein Traum, sich im Toten Meer in Salz einzulegen, noch in Erfüllung gehen.

[Michi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suspect this book made a very different impression on me from what it would have done pre-covid, particularly the first section of the book that described people's reaction to the apocalyptic pandemic, everyone panicking so hard they forget each other's humanity and view each other only as disease vectors, conspiracy theories flying, life changing rapidly and uncontrollably ... yeah, that was all pretty "Oof!". Unfortunately I really didn't get along with the protagonist. The author very deliberately chose to tell the story from the point of view of someone who is distanced from the world around him (both because he doesn't interact with either the news or wider culture and because he doesn't have a family and is only close to very few people). That means the point of view of the actual disaster and aftermath is very limited and somewhat emotionally distanced, which really wasn't my cup of tea. There are also a lot of unexamined gender stereotypes in the text which got really tedious after a while. But all in all, this post-apocalyptic story definitely has potential.

[Mara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, that was amazing. This book left me in tears and I was so heartbroken at the end. All the characters were strongly built and I really don’t understand how people don’t talk about this book more. The concept and the plot were amazing and not like anything I’ve ever read in my entire life. This book gave a very strong message and it is sad that some people don’t cherish what they have. I only have one objection, I think that translation of the book name doesn’t quite match with the original one. In my language (Serbian) it’s literal translation is “Cook, ballerina, squint and grandma’s ghost” I think the name would be better if it said (in Serbian) “Srešćemo se kad svi odu” as its original name is translated. Sending lots of love to all readers and the writer xx

[Milo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hat definitiv einen Eindruck hinterlassen

[Theresa Stross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ist lange her, dass ich es gelesen hab und kann mich nicht an alles erinnern. Aber war sehr gut und manchmal bisschen verwirrend

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm still heartbroken and wondering how it would continue, though I didn't like most of the characters