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From the internationally acclaimed author of Measuring the World, here is a dazzling tragicomedy about the three sons of a lost father. Arthur Friedland is a wannabe writer who one day takes his sons to a performance by the Great Lindemann, Master of Hypnosis. Arthur declares himself immune to hypnosis and a disbeliever in magic. But the Great Lindemann knows better, and after he extracts Arthur's deepest secrets and tells him to make them re...

Anlik bir dikkatsizlik, apansiz bir tesadüf, yanlis bir adim - fatum mu yoksa fortuna midir bu Kader mi aglarini örmüstür, talih mi küsmüstür Insan özgür degil midirFnin bütün meselesi bu.Ekonomik krize, dinin dolduramadigi ruhsal bosluga ve sanat sahtekarligina dair bir roman F Yemek yeme tutkusuna karsi koyamayan Rahip Martin Friedland, Tanriya inanmamaktadir, actir ve hicbir sey onu doyurmaz. Üvey kardesi, finans danismani Eric, yolsuzlukla...

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Es gibt keinen professionellen Schriftsteller. Die Idee, es sei möglich, einen Grad der Versiertheit zu erlangen, der davor schützt, mißlungene oder einfach unbedeutende Texte zu verfassen, wird von der Erfahrung ständig widerlegt: Bei jedem neuen Projekt steht ein Autor ganz am Anfang. Das Schreiben ist kein Handwerk, und keine Meisterprüfung bewahrt einen davor, beim nächsten Mal die schlimmsten Lehrlingsfehler zu machen.Um sich selbst darüb...

Arthur è un orfano accolto da una famiglia benestante. La madre adottiva viene colpita da un fulmine e muore, e lui viene educato in un collegio svizzero di giovani rampolli dove matura l'intenzione di farsi prete. Arthur racconta, ma sarà tutto vero? Narra che ha studiato teologia, ma ha preso solo gli ordini minori, la nuova matrigna gli ha rubato l'eredità paterna e, un po' per necessità un po' per antica passione, lui si è ritrovato a fare...

Arthur Friedland è un aspirante scrittore disoccupato che decide di riempire il pomeriggio portando i tre figli a una performance del grande Lindemann, Maestro dell'ipnosi. Arthur si dichiara con sprezzo immune e scettico a riguardo di qualsiasi magia. Ma il grande Lindemann sa il fatto suo e quando invita Arthur sul palco, lo porta a confessare in pubblico i suoi segreti più reconditi, intimandolo a trasformarli in realtà. Così, quello stesso...

Sebastian Zollner is searching for his big break. A failure as a journalist, a boyfriend, and a human being, he sets out to write the essential biography of the eccentric painter Manuel Kaminski. All he needs to do is ingratiate himself into Kaminski's family, wait for him to kick the bucket, and then reap the rewards. There's only one problem. Kaminski has an agenda of his own, an agenda that will send them on a wild-goose chase to places nei...

Fame and facelessness, truth and deception, spin their way through the nine interlocking chapters of this captivating and wickedly funny novel by the internationally bestselling author of Measuring the World. No one is more surprised than Ebling when his new cell phone begins receiving calls meant for popular actor Ralf Tanner. At first he tries to set the callers right, but soon he is enjoying the drama and power that celebrity brings. Little...

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Een afgelegen vakantiehuis in de bergen. Een jong echtpaar met kind heeft het comfortabele huis gehuurd voor een paar dagen, maar ze hebben hun dagelijkse beslommeringen niet helemaal achter zich gelaten. Het kind vertelt warrige verhalen over de kleuterschool, de vrouw typt berichtjes op haar telefoon en de man, een scenarioschrijver, noteert ideeën en scènes in een schrift. Maar allengs schrijft hij meer en meer over andere zaken: onderlinge...

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Alman Aydinlanma Caginin iki bilim adami, dogabilimci, cografyaci ve kasif Alexander von Humboldt ile matematigin prensi Carl Friedrich Gauss, dünyayi ölcme fikrini farkli düzlemlerde, ama tutkuyla gerceklestirmeye koyulurlar. Humboldt, Güney Amerikanin balta girmemis ormanlarinda, sarp ve kayalik daglarda her irmagi, her gölü, her alani ölcmeye kalkisir. Gauss ise, evlendigi gece bile, aklina gelen bir formülü not etmek icin karisinin koynund...

Ben ve Kaminski, sanat cevrelerinden uzaklasmis bir ressamin yasamöyküsünü yazarak üne kavusmayi hayal eden bir gazetecinin yalanlar ve gercekler üstüne kurulu dünyasina odaklaniyor.Firsat düskünü gazeteci Sebastian Zöllnerin ressam Manuel Kaminskiyle iliskisi, tuhaf bir cekim gücü yaratiyor Kaminski, sanki gercek bir karaktermiscesine, sanki Picasso ve Matisse tarafindan gercekten kesfedilmiscesine insani kendine bagliyor. Zöllner ise bencil ...

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Sebastian Zöllner, an underachieving art critic, has pinned his hopes of advancement on writing the biography of the artist Manuel Kaminski, a forgotten former pupil of Matisse, now an ailing recluse. Inept, charmless, and with scant knowledge of art history, Zöllner is hardly the man to rediscover a lost genius of 20th-century painting. But he has made one crucial discovery about his subject: that Kaminski's long-lost love, Therese, is still ...

A man buys a cell phone and starts receiving calls intended for someone else--so begins this tale about fame and obscurity, truth and deception. After some initial hesitation, the man receiving someone else's phone calls begins to play with his new identity.

Vom Handwerk des Schreibens und von den Abenteuern des Lesens.Daniel Kehlmann ist ein Autor, der liest. «Lob» versammelt Texte, die von Literatur erzählen und, mit Bewunderung und Humor, von ihren jungen und alten Meistern. Doch von Kleist, Thomas Mann oder Stephen King zu reden ist das eine. Das andere sind die «sehr ernsten Scherze» über alltägliche wie ästhetische Fragen: Soll man von der Qual der ersten Lesereisen berichten? Zugeben, daß a...

Gegen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts machen sich zwei junge Deutsche an die Vermessung der Welt. Der eine, Alexander von Humboldt, kämpft sich durch Urwald und Steppe, befährt den Orinoko, kostet Gifte, zählt Kopfläuse, kriecht in Erdlöcher, besteigt Vulkane und begegnet Seeungeheuern und Menschenfressern. Der andere, der Mathematiker und Astronom Carl Friedrich Gauß, der sein Leben nicht ohne Frauen verbringen kann und doch in der Hochzeitsnacht a...