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Bitte, laßt die Blumen leben

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Bitte lasst die Blumen leben! ist die ergreifende Geschichte der großen Liebe zwischen einem fast fünfzigjährigen "Aussteiger" und einer jungen Buchhändlerin. Es ist die packende Geschichte eines Mannes, der zweimal leben wollte. Es ist die Geschichte eines rätselhaften Kriminalfalls.

575 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

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Johannes Mario Simmel

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Johannes Mario Simmel was an Austrian writer.

He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American military government and published reviews and stories in the Vienna Welt am Abend. Starting in 1950, he worked as a reporter for the Munich illustrated Quick in Europe and America.

He wrote a number of screenplays and novels, which have sold tens of millions of copies. Many of his novels were successfully filmed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won numerous prizes, including the Award of Excellence of the Society of Writers of the UN. Important issues in his novels are a fervent pacifism as well as the relativity of good and bad. Several novels are said to have a true background, possibly autobiographic.

According to his Swiss lawyer, Simmel died on January 1, 2009 in Lucerne, at 84 years of age.

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January 12, 2021
Stāsts par mīlestību, cilvēcību, noziegumu un sodu. Beigu beigās atziņa, ka katrs pats sev ir vislielākais soģis.
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Mana grāmatmīļa sirds sapriecājās , lasot par brīnišķīgo grāmatveikalu, kurā saimniekoja Andrea un Šarls. Es vēlētos kaut tāds būtu manā pilsētā ❤
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September 30, 2017
Typisch een jaren tachtig roman. De angst voor de bom, het nabije einde van de wereld dringt tot in elke bladzijde zowat door. Het kenmerkt Simmel wel, het is een thema dat in meerdere boeken terug komt. Toch is het soms ook nog verrassend (of moeten we er juist bezorgd over zijn) actueel. De haat tegen buitenlanders (met name Turken), de onverdraagzaamheid zijn thema's doe nu ook weer spelen in Europa. Eigenlijk besef je dat de problematiek uit de jaren tachtig er nog steeds is, maar dat juist nog ingewikkelder is geworden. Waar je Simmel ook aan herkent, ook dit verhaal heeft weer geen happy end.
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February 4, 2021
Abgesehen von der eher nicht ansprechenden Romanhandlung, war es interessant in der Zeit zurück zu reisen und darüber zu lesen, was Deutsche damals beschäftigte. Simmels interessanter Blickwinkel auf türkische Gastarbeiter zum Beispiel.
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August 14, 2024
Ein Meisterstueck. Kalter Krieg in Deutschland, 1981. eine wahre Geschichte ueber einen Mann, der 2 Mal leben wollte.
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June 21, 2016
Strange ending. Lots of story line, kept me guessing.
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