When the protagonist in Patrick Holzapfels debut novel Ermine runs through the ninth Vienna municipal district on benches, something almost unheard happens: he comes off the straight path, begins to follow the meandering steps of a homeless man wrapped in ermine, and finally finds himself suddenly again - on one of twenty thin brown brown wood existing parking bench. From here, where time finally seems to stop, an alternative city plan gradually unfolds, which the narrator explores sitting, because: "The longer you sit, the more you learn about the bench. And at the same time you also learn something about people who sit on benches«; people like Manuela with their comprehensive, albeit completely useless knowledge of film history, such as Yong, who squadrons over his countless chastriumphs, or just like the narrator, who becomes the king with quiet wit and irony himself and recognises in search of the ermine king with quiet wit and irony. that every bank Tells a person's story and turns their passions, fears and hopes into a outlook.
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Patrick Holzapfel ISBN:9783751870252 ISBN 10: 3751870253 Publication Date:01 January 2024 Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
