Martin Suter: Small World, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Small World
- Publisher:
- Vintage, 03/2003
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099449126
- Item number:
- 2045472
- Volume:
- 258 Pages
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2003
- Weight:
- 186 g
- Format:
- 197 x 130 mm
- Thickness:
- 18 mm
- Release date:
- 6.3.2003
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of Small World |
Price |
|---|---|
| Buch, Leinen | EUR 15.00* |
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert | EUR 15.00* |
Short description
Die bewegende Geschichte eines Mannes, der an Alzheimer erkrankt und eine Reise in die Vergangenheit antritt, die ein dunkles Geheimnis aus seiner Kindheit ans Licht bringt. Fallstudie einer Krankheit und psychologischer Thriller gleichermaßen. 'The end is as gripping as any written by Alfred Hitchcock' Hans-Peter Kunisch, Die Zeit
Review
"A brilliant talent" Reinhardt Stumm Basler Zeitung
Blurb
At first they put Konrad's absentmindedness down to an immoderate fondness for alcohol. For years he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family first as the childhood playmate of Thomas heir to the Koch family fortune later as caretaker of the Koch family holiday villa on Corfu. And they in their turn had used him as the mood took them. But when the villa burns down because of Konrad's forgetfulness Elvira Senn the matriarch of the Koch family puts him on a strict regime. No longer allowed his daily tipple Konrad recovers and even falls in love again. But then his condition deteriorates. He can't find his way out of the supermarket let alone his way home. Soon Konrad doesn't even recognise his new lover. Alzheimer's has taken hold.
As Konrad loses his present he regains his distant past and this is what Elvira fears the most. As they watch and wait for him to rewind to the crucial moment his life is in danger from far more than the debilitating disease...
A gripping psychological thriller Small World depicts a man with a void in his soul whose only salvation lies buried deep within himself.
Biography
Martin Suter, geboren 1948 in Zürich, lebt mit seiner Frau in Spanien und Guatemala. Er war Werbetexter und erfolgreicher Werber, ein Beruf, den er immer wieder durch andere Schreibtätigkeiten ergänzt oder unterbrochen hat. Unter anderem "GEO"-Reportagen, zahlreiche Drehbücher für Film und Fernsehen. Seit 1991 lebt er als freier Autor, seit 1992 schreibt er die wöchentliche Kolumne "Business Class" in der "Weltwoche". Martin Suter ist am 29. März 2004 in Zürich mit der Goldenen Diogenes Eule ausgezeichnet worden.
