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Hotel Angst

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Hotel Angst - bk1583; DTV Verlag; John von Düffel; pocket_book; 2007

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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John von Düffel

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John von Düffel is a German dramatist, translator, and author.

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February 5, 2010
A young man travels to Italy, trying to revive his memories of the family holidays of his childhood. His father used to be obsessed with the Hotel Angst, a former luxury hotel that has fallen into disrepair after the war. The man recalls his father's efforts to restaurate the grand hotel and his mother's protests, and thereby tries to get a better insight into who his father really was.

I liked this book because it is one of those stories that seem slightly surreal, and I wouldn't actually have been suprised to see some ghost turn up or the hotel magically restored. Maybe it's because of the writing style that suggests that this is really the reader's father ("your father would ..."). A short but lovely little book!
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November 1, 2019
Ich bin als Kind nie mit meinen Eltern, im Auto, nach Italien gefahren und ich habe auch keinen Vater der auf so verrückte Ideen kommt wie ein altes, heruntergekommenes Hotel zu kaufen und (obwohl pleite und ohne wirkliche Chancen auf Erfolg) wiederzubeleben. Dank John von Düffel weiß ich jetzt ziemlich gut, wie sich das alles - und mehr - angefühlt haben muss. Ein Zufallsfund-Buch vom Flohmarkt, dass ich sprachlich wie inhaltlich sehr wunderbar fand. (Bonus Sternchen für die hübsche Sonderedition. <3)
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