Kathryn Schulz – författare

'Extraordinary . . . a profound and beautiful book . . . a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love . . . Witty, wise and beautifully written' – The Sunday TimesEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery – from the maddening disappearance of everyday objects to the sweeping devastations of war, pandemic, and natural disaster; from finding new planets to falling in love.Three very different American families form the heart of Lost & Found: the one that made Schulz’s father, a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; the one that made her partner, an equally brilliant farmer’s daughter and devout Christian; and the one she herself makes through marriage.A staff writer at the New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kathryn Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Crafted with the emotional clarity of C. S. Lewis and the intellectual force of Susan Sontag, Lost & Found is an uncommon book about common experiences.'An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.' – Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk

'Extraordinary . . . a profound and beautiful book . . . a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love . . . Witty, wise and beautifully written' – The Sunday TimesEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery – from the maddening disappearance of everyday objects to the sweeping devastations of war, pandemic, and natural disaster; from finding new planets to falling in love.Three very different American families form the heart of Lost & Found: the one that made Schulz’s father, a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; the one that made her partner, an equally brilliant farmer’s daughter and devout Christian; and the one she herself makes through marriage.A staff writer at the New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kathryn Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Crafted with the emotional clarity of C. S. Lewis and the intellectual force of Susan Sontag, Lost & Found is an uncommon book about common experiences.'An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.' – Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk

Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. Being Wrong looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us, what happens when this conviction is shaken, and how we interpret the moral, political and psychological significance of being wrong. Drawing on philosophies old and new and cutting-edge neuroscience, Schulz offers an exploration of the allure of certainty and the necessity of fallibility in four main areas: in religion (when the end of the world fails to be nigh); in politics (where were those WMD?); in memory (where are my keys?); and in love (when Mr or Ms Right becomes Mr or Ms Wrong).

Kann man im Moment größter Trauer wahres Glück empfinden? Ein Buch über die Liebe in all ihren Facetten von der preisgekrönten Essayistin Kathryn Schulz.Helen Macdonald, Autorin von »H wie Habicht«, liebt dieses Buch:»Ein außergewöhnliches Geschenk von einem Buch, eine zärtliche, suchende Meditation über Liebe und Verlust und darüber, was es bedeutet, ein Mensch zu sein. Ich habe mit diesem Buch geweint, gelacht, war vollkommen fasziniert davon. Nach der Lektüre hatte ich das Gefühl, dass die Welt um mich herum eine neue ist.«Kathryn Schulz verliert ihren Vater, als sie ihre große Liebe findet. In diesem Nebeneinander der Extreme von Verlust und Neuanfang, von Trauer und Liebe, von Schmerz und Freude schenkt »Lost & Found« uns einen Anker der Hoffnung. Voller Witz, Neugier, Einsicht und Charme zeigt Schulz, dass Verlieren und Finden zusammengehören, sich bedingen und unserem Leben ebenjene bereichernde Vielseitigkeit verleihen, die es kostbar, aufregend und einzigartig macht. Ein intensives, stärkendes Leseerlebnis, das lange nachhallt.»Wie erstaunlich es doch ist, jemanden zu finden. Ein Verlust kann unser Gefühl für Maßstäbe verändern und uns daran erinnern, dass die Welt überwältigend groß ist und wir unglaublich klein. Und genauso ist es beim Finden. Der einzige Unterschied besteht darin, dass es uns zum Staunen und nicht zum Verzweifeln bringt.«»Ein außergewöhnliches Geschenk von einem Buch.« Helen Macdonald