 German hardcover edition | |
| Author | Juli Zeh |
|---|---|
| Original title | Über Menschen |
| Translator | Alta L. Price |
| Language | German |
| Set in | Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany |
| Publisher | Luchterhand Literaturverlag |
Publication date | 22 March 2021 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 3 October 2023 |
| Media type | Print, audiobook |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 978-3-630-87667-2 |
About People (German: Über Menschen) is a novel by the German writer Juli Zeh, published in 2021 by Luchterhand Literaturverlag. It was published in English translation in 2023. Set during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, it is about a woman who leaves Berlin and begins to integrate in the community of a Brandenburg village.
About People was a bestseller in Germany. Critics wrote that it stresses the human and undermines the ideological in relation to the pandemic and differences between contemporary city and country life. It was compared to Zeh's 2016 novel Unterleuten, which has a similar setting.