The King of China

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The King of China
63,00 lei

Categorii: Neclasificat, Neclasificat

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2019

Editura: Seagull Books

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 192

Colectie: German List

Traducatori: Katy Derbyshire

ISBN: 9780857427311

Dimensiuni: l: 12.7cm | H: 20.3cm

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The King of China
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When Keith Stapperpfennig and his family give their grandfather the trip of a lifetime-an all expenses paid holiday to any destination in the world-the eccentric old man arbitrarily chooses China, and he asks Keith to accompany him. But when Keith loses all the money for the journey at a casino, he goes into hiding-mostly under his desk-and his grandfather-equally uninterested in actually traveling to China-heads down the road to engage in a similar subterfuge. And it is here that the novel opens, two men in hiding, mere miles apart. But when his grandfather dies unexpectedly, Keith is left to continue the farce alone. With the aid of a guidebook, Keith writes a series of letters home to his brothers and sisters, detailing their imaginary travels and the bizarre sights they see. These start off harmlessly, but before long he starts adding invented details: non-stop dental hygiene shows on television, dog vaccinations at the post office-and the letters get longer and longer. Engaging, strange, and ultimately moving, this hilarious novel from Tilman Rammstedt won him the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2008 and confirmed him as one of Germany's most compelling writers.

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