by Wilhelm Genazino · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499236600
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«Der Fleck, die Jacke, die Zimmer, der Schmerz» is the novel by Wilhelm Genazino, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (224 pages, in German).
A sensitive young man in Frankfurt observes everyday life in the big city, attentive to gestures and small details. With his friend Gesa he travels to Vienna to champion Mozart, and then to Paris and Amsterdam, guided by Max Beckmann's diaries. Art becomes a refuge from banality and consumption.
This 2004 edition belongs to the rororo collection (no. 23660); the novel was originally published in 1989.
For readers of contemporary German literature seeking narratives of observation, urban life, and refuge in art.
Wilhelm Genazino was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine pardon and for Lesezeichen. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became known for a trilogy of novels, Abschaffel-Trilogie, completed in 1979. It was followed by more novels and two plays. Among his many awards is the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize.
