by Thomas Rosenboom · Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499240102
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«Neue Zeiten» is the historical novel by Thomas Rosenboom, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (491 pages, in German).
Amsterdam, 1888. The city is in an era of euphoria and construction; Walter Vedder discovers that his small house obstructs the project of a grand hotel and sees an opportunity to demand an exorbitant compensation. The intervention of a relative complicates the plan; it is a tragicomedy about ambition and the changing times.
The novel was originally published as «Publieke werken» and won the Libris Literatuurprijs in 2000; the German translation is by Marlene Müller-Haas.
For readers of historical fiction and tragicomic stories about ambition and social change.
Thomas Rosenboom, is a Dutch author of novels and short stories. His novels Gewassen vlees and Publieke werken won him the Libris Prize in 1995 and 2000; he is the only author to have won it twice.
