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Mama Odessa

byMaxim Biller

Genres: Fiction Intergenerational Friendships

Who is this book for? Readers interested in complex family dynamics and historical narratives.

Topics FamilyBetrayalIdentitySurvival

MoodMelancholic, Hopeful

RomanceMinor Subplot

ViolenceMild

Die Welt der russisch-jüdischen Familie aus Hamburg, um die es in Maxim Billers neuem Roman »Mama Odessa« geht, ist voller Geheimnisse, Verrat und Literatur. Wir lesen aber auch ein kluges, schönes und wahrhaftiges Buch über einen Sohn und eine Mutter, beide Schriftsteller, die sich lieben, wegen des Schreibens immer wieder verraten – und einander trotzdem nie verlieren. Mit beeindruckender Leichtigkeit spannt Maxim Biller einen Bogen vom Odessa des Zweiten Weltkriegs über die spätstalinistische Zeit bis in die Gegenwart. Alles hängt bei der Familie Grinbaum miteinander zusammen: das Nazi-Massaker an den Juden von Odessa 1941, dem der Großvater wie durch ein Wunder entkommt, ein KGB-Giftanschlag, der dem Vater des Erzählers gilt und die Ehefrau trifft, die zionistischen Träumereien des Vaters, der am Ende mit seiner Familie im Hamburger Grindelviertel strandet, wo nichts mehr an die jüdische Vergangenheit des Stadtteils erinnert – und wo er aufhört seine Frau zu lieben, um sie wegen einer Deutschen zu verlassen. Dennoch scheint ständig ein schönes, helles Licht durch die Zeilen dieses oft tieftraurigen, außergewöhnlichen Buchs. »Mama Odessa« ist ein literarisches Meisterstück von größter Präzision und poetischer Kraft, wie es auf Deutsch nur selten gelingt.

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Hardcover

ISBN

9783462004861

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24 €

24 €

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