Jakob Arjouni
Hausaufgaben

English Title: Homework

Pleading his own case: German teacher Joachim Linde is well aware that something is amiss in his life and in his family, in light of which the trouble he has recently been experiencing with his students appears almost secondary. And now he cannot avoid going into the embarrassing details of his private life in order to save his skin. But Linde is determined not to let the situation get on top of him. This is a story about the apportioning of blame, both private and historical. 'Homework' is the tale of a man’s attempt to straighten things out with himself - and the tangled web of wishful thinking and half-truths that results.

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»A specialist in the realities of life in Germany.«SonntagsZeitung

»With this book, Jakob Arjouni has achieved something remarkable: a suspenseful and unnerving text, with no hint of superfluity, concerning the question of perpetrators and victims; an unpretentiously narrated yet complex story. In short: his best book yet.«NZZ am Sonntag

»The black science of education, skilfully put into practice. For information on risks and side-effects, avoid asking your German teacher!«Die Welt

»With each passing chapter, the sense of irritation grows. The reader falls unwittingly into the trap of this masterly author, who all the while is playing an insidious game with points of view and the supposed facts.«Stuttgarter Zeitung

»No other established writer in the German language entertains us with such intelligence.« Kulturnews

Jakob Arjouni Hausaufgaben

English Title: Homework

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Jakob Arjouni
Hausaufgaben