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We find traces of the author’s childhood in this novel. It tells the story of a family at the end of the 1960s. The father works underground: »You only need an hour down there. Up to our waists in water yesterday. Never see the sky.« He pines for his life as a dairyman in northern Germany, which he gave up to please his wife. »Here we are in a town. Paved streets, television, dancing on Saturday nights ...«
One day the father brings a few mates home with him. They eat, dance, and celebrate. The mother falls in love with Gino, the Italian. The sons, Simon and Traska, try to escape the gloom and the dullness of their everyday lives, each in his own way.
The novel tells of desires, adventures – and of the passage to adulthood.
Ralf Rothmann was born in Schleswig in 1953 and grew up in the Ruhr region. For his work, he has been awarded numerous prizes including the Heinrich-Böll-Preis 2005, the Max-Frisch-Preis 2006, the Kleist-Preis 2017, the Premio San Clemente 2018 (Spain) and most recently the Thomas-Mann-Preis 2023. His work Der Gott jenes Sommers received the Uwe-Johnson-Preis 2018 and the English translation of Im Frühling sterben was awarded the HWA Gold Crown for Historical Fiction (UK) 2018. Rothmann lives in Berlin.
Ralf Rothmann was born in Schleswig in 1953 and grew up in the Ruhr region. For his work, he has been awarded numerous prizes including the...
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»Fear is a man’s best friend« is the motto of Hotel of Insomniacs, Ralf Rothmann’s new volume of stories, and indeed it is often fear that helps his characters overcome difficulties. The...
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»An essential chapter in the history of the Federal Republic, a swan song to the lost generation of the seventies that oscillates between melancholy and furore,« wrote Matthias...
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