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Urs Widmer
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Urs Widmer, Top dogs
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My Father's Book
In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel My Mother's Lover, the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. Since the age of twelve, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soon after his death, his son resolves to rewrite it. Here, we get to know Karl's friends--a collection of anti-fascist painters and architects known as Group 33. We learn of the early years of Karl's marriage and follow his military service as the Swiss fear a German invasion during World War II, his political activity for the Communist Party, and his brief career as a teacher. Widmer brilliantly combines family history and historical events to tell the story of a man more at home in the world of the imagination than in the real world, a father who grows on the reader, just as he grows on his son.
Mr Adamson
The day is Friday, May 22, 2032. On this day, the day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where he often played during his childhood, and it is here that he is recording the story of his adventures with Mr. Adamson. In the course of this compelling novel from Swiss author Urs Widmer, this man narrates his unusual story to his granddaughter, Anni. While he recounts his life, he is also waiting--waiting for the arrival of this very Mr. Adamson, whom he has not seen since the age of eight. Even then it was a mysterious encounter--a glimpse into realms that normally remain concealed to the living. For Mr. Adamson died at the very moment when our narrator was born, and he will soon return to escort the ninety-four-year-old narrator into another paradise. Told with Urs Widmer's signature humor, genius, and lively imagination, Mr Adamson is a superb story and a spellbinding book. With its vitality and zest for life, it manages to hold at bay that scandal we must all face in our lives: death. Praise for Widmer "One of the best representatives of Swiss literature."--Le Monde
Return to Normalcy Or a New Beginning
At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the countries of Western Europe found themselves at crossroads. How should they react to the challenges posed by the peace, Germany's defeat and the newly won freedom? This book presents accounts and interpretations of the immediate postwar situation in leading Western European countries and regions.
My Father's Book
In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel "My Mother's Lover", the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. Since the age of 12, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soon after his death, his son resolves to rewrite it. Here, we get to know Karl's friends - a collection of anti-fascist painters and architects known as Group 33. We learn of the early years of Karl's marriage and follow his military service as the Swiss fear a German invasion during the Second World War, his political activity for the Communist Party and his brief career as a teacher. We are told of Karl's literary translations of his favourite French books, and, most important, the eerie and ever-present coffins outside the houses in the home village of Karl's father, one reserved for each individual from the day he or she is born. Widmer brilliantly combines family history and historical events to tell the story of a man more at home in the world of the imagination than in the real world, a father who grows on the reader just as he grows on his son
Urs Widmer, Top Dogs
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Top dogs
Widmers K¿nigsdrama ¿ber die K¿ndigungskultur wird in aller Welt gespielt. "Ein Kult-St¿ck." (BuchJournal) "Das Thema k¿nnte brisanter gar nicht sein. Es hei¿: strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit - es ist das Dilemma der westlichen Industrie- und Wohlstandsgesellschaft. Doch anders als sonst wird das Thema ganz vom Kopf her aufgez¿t. Nicht um Underdogs geht es hier, sondern um Top Dogs. Um Spitzenmanager, die im Zuge global bedingter Umstrukturierungen entlassen wurden und die sich jetzt in einem Z¿rcher Outplacement-B¿ro zusammengefunden haben - zwecks Schockabfederung, Entt¿chungsverarbeitung und sp¿rer beruflicher Reintegration. Pr¿ntiert wird ein K¿nigsdrama der Wirtschaft, nicht ...
