Anne Cathrine BOMANNOVÁ

Tired of life, a psychotherapist prepares to retire, and eagerly counts down to the day he will finally finish dealing with his patients. The monotonous everyday routine of his life is disrupted by a young German patient, Agatha, who insists on having therapy with him. For the first time in his life, he is forced to consider stepping out of his shell and offering a helping hand to another person. Although this minimalist psychological novel takes place in post-war France, its themes of feeling loneliness, reviewing the past, falling in love, and aging remain extremely topical.

Published by Host, 2019

Anne Cathrine Bomann (* 1983) is a Danish psychologist and writer. In her professional practice, she treats patients with schizophrenia. She published her first poetry collection at the age of fifteen, but her great writing dream came true with the novel Agatha (2017), which was translated into nineteen languages. Bomann also writes non-fiction: her publication on schizophrenia in young people (En ud af hundrede) was released in 2018.