What is the grammar behind もなければ、なければ?


Lately, I'm reading Japanese light novels. For the following sentence, I can't
get the meaning behind it.

> 解放感 **もなければ** 、次の職を探さ **なければ** という焦りもなかった。何を思えばよいのかが、よくわからなかった。

The character said that after leaving his workplace for the last time. He also
has not any job offer where he can continue to work. He wasn't even trying to
get a new job.

For me, it makes no sense when I try to translate it using the conditional
form. Can someone help me out, please?




Both of the two なければ's are conditional in form, but in actual effect neither
really expresses any condition.

In constructions of such a form as「AもBれば、CもD」, 「れば」 can work more like a
coordinating conjunction, like the examples below.

> 「彼女は顔も良け **れば** 、頭も良い。」 "She is good-looking, **and** smart too."
>
> 「数学ができる人もい **れば** 、そうでない人もいる。」 "Some people are good at math, ( **and** )
> other people are not."
>
> 「僕にはお金もなけ **れば** 、才能もない。」 "I don't have money, **nor** talent."

The second one is the short form of 「なけらればならない」, which indicates the modality
of obligation, like English modals _must_ and _have to_.

So the translation of the sentence is something along the lines of:

> Neither was there any sense of liberation, **nor** was there the impatient
> feeling of **having to** look for the next job.




Both of the two なければ's are conditional in form, but in actual effect neither
really expresses any condition.

In constructions of such a form as「AもBれば、CもD」, 「れば」 can work more like a
coordinating conjunction, like the examples below.

> 「彼女は顔も良け **れば** 、頭も良い。」 "She is good-looking, **and** smart too."
>
> 「数学ができる人もい **れば** 、そうでない人もいる。」 "Some people are good at math, ( **and** )
> other people are not."
>
> 「僕にはお金もなけ **れば** 、才能もない。」 "I don't have money, **nor** talent."

The second one is the short form of 「なけらればならない」, which indicates the modality
of obligation, like English modals _must_ and _have to_.

So the translation of the sentence is something along the lines of:

> Neither was there any sense of liberation, **nor** was there the impatient
> feeling of **having to** look for the next job.

