Luck
by Gert Hofmann
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'A wonderful book, combining a light touch with underlying pathos, ironic humour with real empathy for the heartbreak of ordinary lives. Read it.' Guardian A child's-eye view of a family in decline, Gert Hofmann's Luck mixes humour and suspense with a heartbreaking pathos. This is the story of a nuclear family- father, mother, daughter and son. But all is not as it seems, for the mother is in love with Herr Herkenrath, and now father and son will have to leave home. Or will they? Mother sits show more in her room, waiting for her new man to arrive and her old one to go. Father sits in his room, planning another novel. The little sister is the lucky one- she gets to stay at home. But the son won't have to put up with Herr Herkenrath's annoying habits and his smelly feet. So maybe he's lucky to be going. Only time will tell, but time is running out. The removal van is on its way. show lessTags
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Gert Hofmann, Dr. phil. habil. (2011, University of Rostock) is Head of the Department of German at the National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC). He has published extensively on literary and cultural theory, including Schweigende Tropen. Studien zu einer sthetik der Ohnmacht (Francke, 2003). Snjezana Zoric, Dr. phil. (2000, University of show more Zagreb), is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Zadar. She has published widely on Asian religions and anthropological theory, including Yongsan-Jae. Buddhist Ritual as a Mirror Image of the Korean Culture (Institute of Ethnology and Folkloristics, Zagreb, 2004). show less
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- Canonical title
- Luck
- Original title
- Das Glück
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 833.914 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1900-1990 1945-1990
- LCC
- PT2668 .O376 .G5513 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 29
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- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 1
