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Finis Terrae

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Raoul Schrotts erster Roman »Finis Terrae« erregte gleich von Beginn außergewöhnliches Aufsehen. Anhand einer kunstvollen Sammlung von Schriften, die aus dem Nachlaß von Ludwig Höhnels stammen sollen, gelang Raoul Schrott ein brillantes Verwirrspiel zwischen Authentischem und Romaneskem.

Der Archäologe Ludwig Höhnel ist ein Enkel jenes Ritters von Höhnel, der im letzten Jahrhundert den Rudolfsee in Kenya entdeckt hat. Nach Schrott wächst Ludwig im ehemaligen Deutsch-Südwestafrika auf und ist an paläontologischen Ausgrabungen am Rudolfsee beteiligt. Später geht er nach Frankreich, wo er das Logbuch eines antiken Kosmographen Pytheas von Massalia entdeckt und es auf seiner Reise an das Ende der Welt übersetzt.

Der Roman oszilliert zwischen utopischem Reisebericht und Briefroman, zwischen einem philosophischen Abriß und einem abgründigen Psychogramm.

272 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2009

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Raoul Schrott

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Prof. dr. Raoul Schrott, is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality.

Schrott was raised in Tunis where his father served as an Austrian sales representative. He attended the universities of Norwich, Paris, Berlin and Innsbruck where he studied comparative literature and linguistics.

He was an assistant to French surrealistic poet Philippe Soupault. He earned his PhD in philology (combining linguistics and literary studies), and currently works as professor on many Austrian and foreign universities. He was very much interested in Dada and surrealism movement, and Schrott completed a thesis on 'Dada 1921 - 1922 in Tyrol'. He translated Homer's writings and modern adaptation of the Babylonian-Assyrian Epic of Gilgamesh into German.

Dr. Schrott is a polyglot, particularly acknowledged for his foreign language skills such as Breton, Basque and Occitan, but he also speaks English, French, Italian, Corsican and Gaelic.

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