A heart full of longing: Tine Høeg's new book Hunger enthusiastic

A heart full of longing: Tine Høeg's new book Hunger enthusiastic

The Danish author Tine Høeg enthuses with her latest book publication "Hunger", which was recently published in Grazer Droschl-Verlag. The work, an urgent diary of a woman with unfulfilled desire to have children, treats painful emotions and urgent human needs. The mid -thirty -year -old Copenhagener Mia desires to get a child, but the challenges of this trip are overwhelming. Emotional hurdles and physical exertion are the companions of their fertility treatments, in which she injects hormones, removes egg cells and even undergo acupuncture. All this happens while she is also concerned for her partner Emil's sperm. Høeg manages to present the emotional struggle and the Intense tragedy so realistically in “hunger” that it touches readers deeply. The Krone : "The author describes what it means to get through such treatments - mentally, physically and socially - so intensely that it blew me away."

a film about the longing wish

On February 26, 2025, the film adaptation of Høeg's work under the title "A Copenhagener Liebes story" will celebrate its premiere on Netflix. The film will put the moving story of Mia that balances between hopes and setbacks. "Hunger" is described as a literary masterpiece that illuminates the existential issues of longing, motherhood and identity in an incomparable way. "Tine Høeg wrote a true masterpiece. Crystal clear, precise, heartbreaking", reports Droschl On the strong emotional effect of the book.

The mixture of hard reality and lyrical language creates a remarkable pull that literally captivates readers. "What it means to get through such treatment - mentally, physically and socially - Høeg describes so urgently that you can no longer get rid of" is only one of the many voices that praise the book. It is a work that fills a gap in discourse about the modern woman and her challenges and thus leaves a sustainable impression.