EAN: 9780241441336

PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS FERDINAND THE MAN WIT...

'A great writer' Ali SmithNewly translated by Michael Hofmann  the touching final novel from
the author of Child of All Nations'I don't think I'm that unusual  and I don't think I'm crazy
either'Bombed-out Cologne after the war is a strange place to be. The black market in jam and
corsets is booming  half-destroyed houses offer opportunities for stealing doors and eggcups 
and de-Nazification parties are all the rage. Ferdinand - daydreamer  former prisoner of war 
wearer of a curious jerkin - drifts around the city  observing life's absurdities  strenuously
avoiding his fiancée and drinking brandy with his fabulous cousin. When he gets a job as a
'cheerful adviser' to those down on their luck  will Ferdinand's fortunes change too?Irmgard
Keun's exuberantly funny and touching final novel takes the tiny moments of triumph and defeat
in one man's life  and turns them into a moving portrait of the human spirit.

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