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Jungle

Friedemann Karig

The Mark Twain of the 21st century.

His best friend has always been an adrenaline junkie. He (the narrator who remains nameless) will never forget Felix's excitement when standing on the rocky cliff’s edge, daring him to jump. The lyrics I wanna be like you, I wanna walk like you, talk like you rang through his mind.

But now Felix has gone missing while traveling through Cambodia. And one thing is clear: he is the only person with a hope of finding him. The two have shared a deep and unique friendship since childhood, bound by a secret that divides the two as much as it unites them. He leaves everything behind to search for Felix – even Lea, the love of his life. 

Traveling ceaselessly through Cambodia, a country with no memory which has never recovered from genocide and dictatorship, he trawls his own memory for clues to what could have happened to his friend. The further he travels, the more distant his old life seems. Until he realizes that he can only save his friend if he disappears with him. 


Fast-paced, smart and in credibly witty, Friedemann Karig takes us on an adventurous ride into the jungle and the intricate rhizome that is friendship. By giving his characters the chance to disappear, Karig probes our modern urge to travel to exotic and remote parts of the world for the purpose of constant self-improvement and self-fulˆllment.

Because let’s face it: with cheap airfare and Lonely Planet no place remains undiscovered and no soul saved.


"The drama, as well as the beauty of life, consists in the fact that we all, in a hidden corner of our being, remain fifteen years old - forever."

Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre

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Published 2019-05-02 by Ullstein , ISBN: 9783550200137

Main content page count: 384 Pages

ISBN: 9783550200137