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Margrith Bohren | Der stille Engländer - Ein britisches Jahr - Episodenroman

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Margrith Bohren | Der stille Engländer - Ein britisches Jahr - EpisodenromanCharlotte, eine junge Schweizerin, verbringt ihr Englandjahr als General Assistant im heruntergekommenen Fin de sicle Hotel in einer kleinen Provinzstadt an der stlichen Kanalkste. Hier trifft sie auf ein erhabenes Eigner Ehepaar, eine verschworene Personalgemeinschaft und eine kazige Gsteschar aus Rentnern, Kriegsveteranen und Themsenebel Flchtigen. Jeder von ihnen trgt seine Geschichte und leidet daran: der temperamentvolle Koch mit italienischen

Charlotte, eine junge Schweizerin, verbringt ihr Englandjahr als General Assistant im heruntergekommenen Fin-de-siècle-Hotel in einer kleinen Provinzstadt an der östlichen Kanalküste.

Hier trifft sie auf ein erhabenes Eigner-Ehepaar, eine verschworene Personalgemeinschaft und eine kazige Gästeschar aus Rentnern, Kriegsveteranen und Themsenebel-Flüchtigen. Jeder von ihnen trägt seine Geschichte und leidet daran: der temperamentvolle Koch mit italienischen Wurzeln auf der Suche nach dem im Krieg verschollenen Vater, der bärbeissige, vom Leben gebeutelte Concierge, eine kapriziös-lebensfrohe Oberkellnerin mit Präferenzen für ihren Vorgesetzten und ein durchtriebenes Sparbüchsen- Mund-Zimmermädchen mit ihrem sorgsam gehüteten Lebenslüge.

Unter der verbrüderten Schar von Dauergästen trifft Charlotte dem feinsinnigen, klugen Wahlbriten und Deutschland-Emigranten Shimon. Ein beeindruckender Mann mit Vergangenheit und Lebenserfahrung, der Charlottes Welt in Frage und auf den Kopf stellt. Die Rückkehr in die Schweiz wird plötzlich ungewiss, ein Verbleib auf der Insel bleibt Option.

Sechs gerundete Geschichten – in sich geschlossen und doch fugenlos übergreifend in den nächstfolgenden – erzählen aus dem Shabby-Chic-Biotop und ergeben eine Momentaufnahme und ein stimmiges Bild aus den späten Sechszigern Grossbritanniens.

Fäden unaufgeregter Romanzen, heimlicher Liebeleien und feuriger Affären ganz unterschiedlicher Lauffärbung in den alten Bleibe zusammen, verfangen, verheddern, entzweien sich, reissen ab und machen die scheinbar ratlose Charlotte letztendlich zur Frau, die zielgenau erkennt, was sie wirklich will.

Eine schnörkellose Liebeserklärung an die Insel und ihre Menschen, Hommage auch an die engelsächsische Lebensart und die Kunst, durch mitunter befremdliche Abschottung das Anderssein auf dem Eiland zu beTRUEen, in der festen Überzeugung, Verschiedenheit seisweise notwendig und im Vordergrund die klügere Wahl.

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This book is just what I wanted. It is very high quality: heavy paper, book sleeve, many photos. The book is about the museum: its development, architecture, design, configuration and exhibits.
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DC - Holocaust Museum
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I was going on my first trip to DC and wanted some background on the museum. It was a beautiful book - very powerful.
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I purchased this book as a gift for someone I had taken to the Holocaust Museum. (I have had a hard copy of the book for years.) It is a wonderful book about a remarkable place that EVERYONE should visit when in DC.
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This book tells the story of the founding and exhibits of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. This book does not replace visits to the Museum. It is an excellent reference book to have in combination with visits to the Museum. The Holocaust Museum is one of the finest Museums in Washington, DC. The history told at the Museum is powerful in so many ways. My hope is that humanity can learn from history not to keep repeating the many horrific mistakes that were made during the period of Hitler and Stalin. We must always remember that most of the terrible crimes during this period were sanctioned, promoted and authorized by National Governments. The Governments of nations can and do become evil, corrupt and murderous. We the people of the world must be forever vigilant against vesting too much power in the hands of too few people. Concentrated power almost always becomes corrupt. We must learn from history how to prevent the concentrations of power in too few people. These concentrations of power can sooner or later lead to evil. Even power that is initially built on good intentions will good bad eventually. That is the nature of the human condition that we must fear that charismatic leaders will concentrate power in ways that are unhealthy and deadly. We should find ways to avoid electing charismatic leaders as these types of leaders are just too dangerous. The Holocaust happened just seconds ago in terms of the lifespan of our planet, and something like it will happen again unless we learn the lessons taught to us by history.
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