Zundel's Exit von Markus Werner

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ISBN: 978-1-56478-921-1
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Scrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Z?ndel: a philosopher, a wanna-be writer; scattered, self-conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent... At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. First his tooth falls out in the sight of other travelers, then he finds a severed finger in a restroom on a train. In fact, Z?ndel seems on the verge of falling to bits, as do his words, thoughts, wife, and world--will there be anything left, and anyone to hold the pieces? "Z?ndel's Exit" is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if it's coming or going.

Scrounged from his notebooks and hearsay, this is the story of a schoolteacher named Konrad Z?ndel: a philosopher, a wanna-be writer; scattered, self-conscious, glum, anxious, unlucky, discontent... At the end of his rope, he decides to flee his workaday life at all costs, only to find escape always a little beyond his reach. First his tooth falls out in the sight of other travelers, then he finds a severed finger in a restroom on a train. In fact, Z?ndel seems on the verge of falling to bits, as do his words, thoughts, wife, and world--will there be anything left, and anyone to hold the pieces? "Z?ndel's Exit" is a Chaplinesque comedy of disintegration, never knowing if it's coming or going.

Über den Autor Markus Werner

Markus Werner wurde 1944 in der Schweiz, in Eschlikon im Kanton Thurgau, geboren und starb 2016 in Schaffhausen. Er studierte in Zürich Germanistik, arbeitete bis 1990 als Lehrer und dann als freier Schriftsteller. Seine Bücher wurden in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt und vielfach ausgezeichnet. Er veröffentlichte die Romane ¿Zündels Abgang¿, ¿Froschnacht¿, ¿Die kalte Schulter¿, ¿Bis bald¿, ¿Festland¿, ¿Der ägyptische Heinrich¿ und ¿Am Hang¿. Zu seinem Werk erschien der von Martin Ebel herausgegebene Band ¿'Allein das Zögern ist human'¿. Literaturpreise: Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (2000) Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis (2002) Schillerpreis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung (2005) Bodensee-Literaturpreis der Stadt Überlingen (2006) ProLitteris Preis 2016

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