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Carambole
Jens Steiner (born 1975)
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Three teenagers hatch plans for the coming school holidays, knowing perfectly well that nothing will happen this year either. A trio meets regularly to play carrom. Schorsch always turns up when no one expects him. And two brothers have not spoken a word since a quarrel over an inheritance. In the village people cling to their routines as if paralysed, while everything around them changes: restaurants close, new housing estates appear, social ties break, families fall apart. In twelve rounds, each told in a new voice, the novel approaches this small world and opens tiny gaps through which a step into an uncertain future might be possible.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 220 pages in the original
- Set in
- Switzerland
- First published
- 2013 by Dörlemann
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9783908777922 (original)
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