Hubertus Koch

Hubertus Koch knows what it means to burn out. For years, he led a life as a high performer - his own hustle made him known to a wider audience. Whether political reports, interviews with musicians or videos about his own addiction story. In both his journalistic work and personal videos, he displayed a level of honesty that is hard to find in the media world.

Now he is publishing his first book. In LOST BOY, Hubertus Koch reflects on topics he has never spoken about before: the clichés of a media world, burnout and hustle culture, being overwhelmed by world-weariness, drug excesses and the difficulty of entering into real relationships. The themes of his life, wrapped up in the autobiographical story of a backpacking trip through Bosnia, Albania and Montenegro. In times of well-organized vacations and optimized lives, LOST BOY is both a harsh reckoning and a tender love song, an ode to chaos and analogue, unplanned journeys full of honest encounters. LOST BOY shows that this ugly world has so much beauty to offer: if you don't want anything from it and instead of working towards something, just observe. The book will be published in March by @ullsteinbuchverlage.

Author photo: Bastian-Bochinski

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