LEA KORSGAARD (b. 1979) is a journalist, author, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Zetland, the award-winning digital news platform, and Chair of the Board of the Danish School of Media and journalism. Her work has earned critical acclaim and multiple awards. Her latest book, the fabulously reviewed and bestselling Before the Year Is Out, is her sensational breakthrough as an author: What happens when you decide to find all of Denmark’s butterflies in one season? A personal quest to see all native butterfly species within a single year—despite knowing nothing about them. On the first dark day of the year, she writes a list. It leads her into landscapes shaped by time and sea, and to quiet encounters with both dedicated lepidopterists and hobbyists who share their hidden corners of the world with her. Simultaneously, Lea’s quest becomes a philosophical inquiry—into myth, metamorphosis, and the human longing for meaning.
BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT is a beautifully written and immensely thoughtful book about moving through the world with open senses and passionate longing—attuning yourself to the subtleties of existence, the quiet transformations that unfold beyond our field of vision, and the profound changes that take shape while we’re looking elsewhere.
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