Carl Geiger · Part 2 · 2026
Emily
A love in later life – about time, mortality and the starry sky.
A novel by Carl Geiger · English edition
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About the book
A moving, intimate love story, told in tragicomic dialogue and with deep affection for its characters. At its heart are Emily and George, and what they make of the time they have left.
The novel follows their life together and its recurring motifs: love, time, mortality, nature and the starry sky.
The sequel to George – or, as the author puts it, “its second half”. Emily can also be read on its own.
From “Emily”
‘Words are only shells, aren’t they, George? You have to fill them with meaning. Otherwise they are nothing but void howling.’
‘What is your favourite shell of a word, anyway?’ – ‘Emily. A word that means everything to me.’
Reading sample
01 The New World
I remember it as though it were yesterday. How, after our first train journey together, our walk by the lake and, above all, our first kiss, we walked back to her hotel together. Emily had taken me by the hand.
Even after all these years, that is still the first location in spacetime my thoughts carry me to …