Der Trafikant

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Published Aug. 30, 2012 by Kein + Aber.

ISBN:
978-3-0369-5645-9
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Österreich in der Nazizeit

4 stars

Das Buch spielt in den Jahren 1937/1938 in Wien. Protagonist ist ein 17jähriger Junge vom Dorf, der in die Großstadt geschickt wird, um in einem Tabakladen zu arbeiten. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass er alles andere als dumm ist. Er macht sich tiefgehende Gedanken zu allen möglichen Themen, verliebt sich und freundet sich mit Sigmund Freud an. Dann jedoch gewinnen die Nazis immer mehr an Macht, der Anschluss Österreichs ans Deutsche Reich findet statt und alles ändert sich.

Ich fand interessant, die Nazizeit einmal aus österreichischer Perspektive betrachtet zu sehen, denn bisher hatte ich mich mit dem Land noch gar nicht so beschäftigt.

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2 stars

I read the book because Robert Seethaler was recommended to me, and in the book store this book had the most appealing blurb. Wien, Freud, the time just before the Nazis came to power in Austria.

Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I would have lived in the pre-Nazi time. Would I be a conformist? Would I close my eyes? Would I stand up? It is really hard to say, and the book did not bring me on a mental journey to figure that out. Or did I simply not get the main character? Why does he lie to his mother about Trnskie? Why does Franz suddenly decide to place Trnskie's trousers on the flagpole in the center of the city? This comes completely out of the blue, I mean, he does exactly what his "friend" Freud says to do. There is no explanation, no inner dialog (about …

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2 stars

I read the book because Robert Seethaler was recommended to me, and in the book store this book had the most appealing blurb. Wien, Freud, the time just before the Nazis came to power in Austria.

Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I would have lived in the pre-Nazi time. Would I be a conformist? Would I close my eyes? Would I stand up? It is really hard to say, and the book did not bring me on a mental journey to figure that out. Or did I simply not get the main character? Why does he lie to his mother about Trnskie? Why does Franz suddenly decide to place Trnskie's trousers on the flagpole in the center of the city? This comes completely out of the blue, I mean, he does exactly what his "friend" Freud says to do. There is no explanation, no inner dialog (about …

Review of 'Der Trafikant' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I read the book because Robert Seethaler was recommended to me, and in the book store this book had the most appealing blurb. Wien, Freud, the time just before the Nazis came to power in Austria.

Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I would have lived in the pre-Nazi time. Would I be a conformist? Would I close my eyes? Would I stand up? It is really hard to say, and the book did not bring me on a mental journey to figure that out. Or did I simply not get the main character? Why does he lie to his mother about Trnskie? Why does Franz suddenly decide to place Trnskie's trousers on the flagpole in the center of the city? This comes completely out of the blue, I mean, he does exactly what his "friend" Freud says to do. There is no explanation, no inner dialog (about …

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