Until the end of days
Until the End of All Days (original: The Pact ) is a novel by the American author Jodi Picoult from 1998. The German translation is by Cécile G. Lecaux.
action
The book begins with the violent death of young Emily Gold. She was found with a head injury while her partner Chris Harte held her in their arms. Beside them lay the gun that was from his father's gun safe.
In a subsequent flashback , Picoult introduces the befriended families Harte and Gold from New Hampshire , whose children have been inseparable since birth and later become lovers. While visiting a restaurant together, they learn that Chris has been hospitalized with a head wound. Emily was also accepted there; however, she is already dead when her parents arrive.
Chris reports of a planned double suicide that failed because he lost consciousness. But the evidence that speaks against him is mounting. The autopsy reveals that Emily could not have self-inflicted the head injury and was also pregnant. As a result, it is clear to her mother that Chris murdered her so as not to obstruct his future. The prime suspect he is in custody and his parents hire a lawyer. Little by little he finds clues for Emily's depression and suicidal intentions.
In numerous flashbacks, the reader gradually learns what really happened. During the trial , the entire case is rolled up, which surprisingly ends when Chris takes the stand and tells the truth.
Background and film adaptation
"Until the end of all days" is one of the first works by Jodi Picoult. Only later in the story does Picoult go into the prehistory of the main characters in their plot. Here the reader receives additional information that the protagonists in the novel do not know until the end. The individual persons are described down to the smallest detail so that the reader can easily identify with them.
- In 2002 the book was filmed as The Pact with Meghann Henderson as Emily and Eric Lively as Christopher by director Peter Werner . It has also been available in stores on DVD since 2008.
literature
- Jodi Picoult: The Pact. Hodder Publ., London 2008, ISBN 978-0-340-96385-2 . (Reprint of New York 1998 edition).
- Jodi Picoult: Until the end of days. ( The Pact ). 8th edition. Piper, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-26313-9 .
Web links
- Patricia: Until the end of days (Jodi Picoult). on LiteraTopia.
- Maike Pfalz: Picoult, Jodi - Until the end of days. on Buchwurm.info.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Until the end of days (Jodi Picoult). on LiteraTopia. Retrieved August 13, 2013
- ↑ Picoult, Jodi - Until the end of days. on Buchwurm.info. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ↑ A love without borders - Jodi Picoult's novel "Bis ans Ende aller Tage" on tour-literatur.de, accessed on August 14, 2013. (Review and short plot overview)
- ↑ The Pact in the Internet Movie Database (English)