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Anprobieren eines Vaters
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If the Father Fits
Stories and Reflections
Published by Diogenes as Anprobieren eines Vaters
Original Title: Anprobieren eines Vaters; zugleich etwas über Kindheit
Haunting stories: The life of a child whose parents have forgotten to love him. A woman reluctant to speak about herself, on the verge of disappearing behind the veil of amnesia. A man guarding an extraordinary secret for the sake of love. A grandfather, knowing that his own children were forced to give up their lives for him, who is searching for his kidnapped grandchild. A revolutionary who continues to rise from the dead. Accounts of the ten commandments of a storyteller, of a land with two scales of justice, of a visit to an extraordinary museum, of how to divide a cube of sugar between ten people. And portraits of authors whose work is too important to be noticed by the literary scene.
Contemporary Literature
304 pages
2004

978-3-257-06384-4
Erich
Hackl

Erich Hackl, born in Steyr, Austria in 1954, studied German and Spanish and worked as a teacher and editor for a number of years. Madrid and Vienna, where he works as a writer and translator, have been home to him for a long time now. His stories are based on authentic cases. Aurora’s Motive and Farewell Sidonia are on school reading lists. Erich Hackl has received numerous awards, including the 2017 ›Human Rights Award‹ of the state of Upper Austria , the ›Anton Wildgans Prize 2015‹ by the Federation of Austrian Industry and the ›Award for Literature‹ from the city of Vienna in 2002.

Erich Hackl

Pressezitate

News, Vienna
A phenomenon of European literature: the most unassuming of celebrities.
Siegrid Löffler
The way in which Hackl finds his material can only be admired. He must be, simultaneously, a good listener, a gentle questioner, a reliable and trustworthy follower of trails and collector of information. From this material he creates texts both laconic and discreet - the silent, forgotten epics of contemporary history.