You Disappear (novel)
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 First edition (Danish) | |
| Author | Christian Jungersen |
|---|---|
| Original title | Du forsvinder |
| Translator | Misha Hoekstra |
| Language | Danish |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Gyldendal (Denmark), Nan A. Talese (English) |
Publication date | 2012 (Danish) 7 January 2014 (English) |
| Publication place | Denmark |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and hardback) |
You Disappear (Danish: Du Forsvinder) is a novel written by Danish author Christian Jungersen and first published in 2012. It was adapted into a feature film by the same name in 2017.
The narrator Mia is married to Frederik who undergoes radical personality changes due to a slowly growing brain tumor that leaves his intellect, speech and motor control intact. Their lives change even more when it comes out that, in the year before his diagnosis, Frederik embezzled DKK 12 million from the private school in Copenhagen where he is headmaster. But was the tumor already determining his actions at the time, absolving him, or should he go to jail?
In preparing Frederik's defense, Mia immerses herself in the latest brain research, the emerging neurological portrait of human nature, and the classic metaphysical question of free will. Her reading profoundly affects how she responds to Frederik – and to her own passionate impulses.