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The author investigates his hatred of his long since passed away father. He hated him and survived him. He tries to approach his late father by drawing an as objective as possible portrait of him. This man who came to Switzerland from Germany in 1937. Switzerland became his exile. In Switzerland he marries a Swiss lady and history takes its course. In the interest of an intimate clarity beyond the biographical facts, the story is freely invented and fluidly told in relentless openness from a wide variety of perspectives and condenses into a humorous family and social novel that does not hide the fact, that the son's supposed hatred of his father maskes his longing for his father's love.
The protagonist of this story is Damian Trank – the great-grandson of Gerold Trank, whose narrative was recounted by the author in Time Reclaimed. The year is 2085. Damian Trank’s brain gets damaged in an accident. Thanks to the possibilities of modern medical science, it can be restored, but the memories are lost. Although there are ways to alleviate the patient's situation, Damian is unable to cope with this loss, until a book written by his great-grandfather in the 1990s points him in the right direction.
Aliens have landed on the moon and want to explore planet Earth. In the process, they discover strange objects that have arms and legs like themselves and move nimbly. There are also very small specimens of these objects, which two explorers are particularly interested in. The two of them manage to make contact with a human, albeit in a forbidden way. Chris helps them to understand the language and life of humans. Is there a possible relationship to them? The humans realize that the aliens are at a much higher level of technology. However, they also recognize that they have abilities that aliens do not have, such as the vast dimensions of various emotions including love and freedom, self-awareness, intuition, the sense of community, moral judgment, the closeness to god, and more. Finally, the aliens land on Earth, where tumultuous scenes ensue. Aliens and humans alike realize that they are inadequately prepared for such a situation. Can there be a friendly, peaceful encounter.
The author investigates his hatred of his long since passed away father. He hated him and survived him. He tries to approach his late father by drawing an as objective as possible portrait of him. This man who came to Switzerland from Germany in 1937. Switzerland became his exile. In Switzerland he marries a Swiss lady and history takes its course. In the interest of an intimate clarity beyond the biographical facts, the story is freely invented and fluidly told in relentless openness from a wide variety of perspectives and condenses into a humorous family and social novel that does not hide the fact, that the son's supposed hatred of his father maskes his longing for his father's love.
1945. Der Krieg ist vorbei. Allmählich normalisiert sich der Verkehr zwischen den ehemals feindlichen Ländern. Im Privaten bedeutet dies, dass aus politischen Gründen unterbrochene Beziehungen wieder aufgenommen werden können: den 1937 in der Schweiz gestrandeten Asylanten erreichen zwischen 1945 und 1956 Briefe von Familienmitgliedern, Freunden und Bekannten aus aller Herren Länder, Briefe, die Schicksale erzählen. Den in eine Erzählung eingebetteten Briefdokumenten sind als Collage eine Krimi-Satire und eine Farce beigefügt, die vom Überleben in einem schwierigen Alltag handeln. Privatzeug 1856 bis 2012 Versuch einer Spurensuche besteht aus fünf Spuren. Jede Spur hat eine andere ...
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Das Theaterstück EIN FALSCHER FREUND und das Mini-Drama IN ERWARTUNG handeln von Freundschaft, dem Dasein als Mann, dem Schreiben und dem Ringen um Erfolg und Anerkennung. EIN FALSCHER FREUND basiert auf einer tatsächlichen Auseinandersetzung von Frank Wedekind mit Gerhart Hauptmann im Jahr 1890 und bettet das dokumentierte Geschehen von damals in eine fiktive Geschichte ein.