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Empusion

byOlga Tokarczuk

Genres: Fiction Life-Rediscovery Journeys

Who is this book for? Readers interested in philosophical discussions and literary fiction.

Topics IdentitySurvivalFriendshipIsolation

MoodReflective

September 1913, Görbersdorf in Niederschlesien. Inmitten von Bergen steht seit einem halben Jahrhundert das erste Sanatorium für Lungenkrankheiten. Mieczysław Wojnicz, Ingenieurstudent aus Lemberg, hofft, dass eine neuartige Behandlung und die kristallklare Luft des Kurorts seine Krankheit aufhalten, wenn nicht gar heilen werden. Die Diagnose allerdings gibt nur wenig Anlass zur Hoffnung: Schwindsucht. Mieczysław steigt in einem Gästehaus für Männer ab. Kranke aus ganz Europa versammeln sich dort, und wie auf Thomas Manns Zauberberg diskutieren und philosophieren sie unermüdlich miteinander - mit Vorliebe bei einem Gläschen Likör mit dem klingenden Namen »Schwärmerei«. Drängende Fragen treiben die Herren um: Wird es Krieg geben in Europa? Welche Staatsform ist die beste? Aber auch vermeintlich weniger drängende: Ob Dämonen existieren zum Beispiel oder ob man einem Text anmerkt, wer ihn verfasst hat - eine Frau oder ein Mann? Und mit der »Frauenfrage« befasst sich diese Herrenriege besonders gern. Auch bietet die kleine Welt von Görbersdorf reichlich Gesprächsstoff: Am Tag nach Mieczysławs Ankunft hat die Frau des Pensionswirts Selbstmord begangen. Überhaupt komme es häufig zu mysteriösen Todesfällen in den Bergen ringsum, heißt es. Was Mieczysław nicht weiß: Dunkle Mächte haben es auch auf ihn abgesehen.

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Published on

01/01/2023

Pages

375

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9783311100447

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