Rahel and Fenna grew up in an all-female household with their mother and her female partner. Now Rahel strives to reproduce the traditional family unit but she is haunted by an unsettling pregnancy, postnatal depression and compulsive breastfeeding, while having mixed feelings about her singing career. Meanwhile, Fenna wonders whether she consented to the intercourse with Luc which left her pregnant. What Concerns Us is a punchy contemporary read that scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship.
Recenzijos
'A beautiful examination of female interiority. Vogt is not afraid to ask difficult questions. In what ways does motherhood bring us to our limits? What are the consequences of believing a child doesnt need a father? ' Elizabeth McNeill, Chicago Review of Books
Daugiau informacijos
This translation has received the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Laura Vogt (Teufen, 1989) studied cultural studies and literary writing. Her debut novel, So einfach war es also zu gehen was published in 2016, and featured at the Solothurn Literature Days and PROSOMOVA. In addition to prose, she also writes poetry, plays, and journalistic texts. She lives with her family in eastern Switzerland.
