by James Krüss · KLETT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783126741095
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«Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen» is the graded reader of James Krüss's novel, published by Klett in paperback (96 pages, in German).
Timm Thaler is a boy who, to always win, sells his laugh to the mysterious Baron Lefuet. Without it, he soon discovers he has lost his true joy and that wealth does not bring back companionship or identity. Convinced he can recover what is his, he sets out to win a decisive bet and undo the deal with cunning.
The work was originally published in 1962; this edition is from 2022 and belongs to the Deutsch – leichter lesen collection. Recommended reading age: 13 and up.
For students of German as a foreign language (DaF) at levels A1-A2 and for reading in secondary school.
James Krüss was a German writer of children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, radio play author, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1968.
