»I could also say that I speak English as well as I play the piano. And I do play the piano very well. Enviably well. English has always been my first foreign language and Italian only my third. So you can figure out how well I play the piano when I tell you that the Italian that I speak better than quite a number of Italians is only my third foreign language.«
Of course he knew Pope John Paul II personally; he could, without further ado, write a book entitled »My Pope« about it. He is urbane, has seen a great deal of the world, is an outstanding pianist and has read the major works of world literature – in the original, it goes without saying. He is a success with women; he is in a steady relationship with an American art dealer with whom he shares a gallery in Rome and they almost opened a second one in New York. In short: he seems to have the entire world at his feet.
One of Treichel’s anti-anti-heroes? Isn't he just? This time, the man who knew the Pope is not someone who trips over his own feet or stumbles through the German provinces. This time, Hans-Ulrich Treichel has turned everything upside down, presenting us with a grandiose comic narrative.
Hans-Ulrich Treichel was born in Versmold, Westphalia, in 1952. He now lives in Berlin and Leipzig and was professor of German Literature at the University of Leipzig. His works have been translated into 28 languages.
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