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Erich Hackl | Anprobieren eines Vaters | English Title: If the Father Fits<br>304 Pages

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304 Pages
Published in April 2004

ISBN 978-3-257-06384-4

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Erich Hackl
Anprobieren eines Vaters

English Title: If the Father Fits

Haunting stories: The life of a child whose parents have forgotten to love him. A woman reluctant to speak about herself, on the verge of disappearing behind the veil of amnesia. A man guarding an extraordinary secret for the sake of love. A grandfather, knowing that his own children were forced to give up their lives for him, who is searching for his kidnapped grandchild. A revolutionary who continues to rise from the dead. Accounts of the ten commandments of a storyteller, of a land with two scales of justice, of a visit to an extraordinary museum, of how to divide a cube of sugar between ten people. And portraits of authors whose work is too important to be noticed by the literary scene.

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“A passionate researcher whose work is, at once, literature and historical reporting.”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“A phenomenon of European literature: the most unassuming of celebrities.”News

“The way in which Hackl finds his material can only be admired. He must be, simultaneously, a good listener, a gentle questioner, a reliable and trustworthy follower of trails and collector of information. From this material he creates texts both laconic and discreet - the silent, forgotten epics of contemporary history.”Siegrid Löffler

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