Marina Keegan Knihy

Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. As her family, friends and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News, 'The Opposite of Loneliness', went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. She had struck a chord. Even though she was just 22 when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty and possibility of her generation. The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina's essays and stories that articulates the universal struggle we all face as we work out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world.

An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated "magna cum laude" from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at "The New Yorker." Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her deeply moving last essay for "The Yale Daily News," "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. Her short story "Cold Pastoral" was published by NewYorker.com just months after her death. "The Opposite of Loneliness "is an assemblage of Marina's essays and stories, which, like "The Last Lecture," articulate the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be, and how we can harness our talents to impact the world.

Eine Literaturstudentin stirbt mit 22 Jahren bei einem Autounfall. Und hinterlässt der Welt ungeheure Stories, die Millionen Menschen in hundert Ländern mitreißen. Eine Internetsensation: 2,1 Millionen Klicks, monatelang auf der New York Times Bestsellerliste! Nur wenige Tage nach ihrem Yale-Abschluss stirbt die 22jährige Marina Keegan bei einem Autounfall. Und hinterlässt der Welt brillante Stories voller Lebenslust. ›Das Gegenteil von Einsamkeit‹ bewegt Millionen Menschen in hundert Ländern. Marina Keegan war ein Ausnahmetalent. Sie vereint schwerelosen, sensiblen Optimismus mit literarischer Reife. Die Stories sind klangvoll, witzig und doch gebrochen, manchmal wild und angriffslustig; sie sind ein stürmisches Plädoyer für die Jugend, die Lebensfreude, begeistern durch ihre Hoffnung und Entschiedenheit: Lasst euch nicht gleich von McKinsey anheuern, findet eure Bestimmung, habt Vertrauen in eure Zukunft! Eine flammende Aufforderung, die eigene Jugend und den Sinn des Lebens (wieder) zu entdecken.