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Briefe in die chinesische Vergangenheit  By  cover art

Briefe in die chinesische Vergangenheit

By: Herbert Rosendorfer
Narrated by: Herbert Rosendorfer
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Publisher's summary

Der Mandarin Kao-tai reist mittels eines Zeitkompasses aus dem China des 10. Jahrhunderts ins 20. Jahrhundert nach München. Mit der Unbefangenheit, die ein Abstand von 1000 Jahren und ein völlig anderer Kulturkreis ermöglichen, beobachtet er den "Fortschritt" der "Großnasen", die nicht ruhen und rasten, sondern beständig von sich fortschreiten...

Herbert Rosendorfer, der fabuliermächtige Erzähler mit Hang zum Skurrilen, liest mit schlitzäugiger Unbefangenheit den "Großnasen" des 20. Jahrhunderts die Leviten.

(c) 2006 Langen Müller Audio-Books

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"Die wunderbare Satire auf den deutschen Alltag wirkt auch heute noch, vor allem, wenn sie vom Autor selbst gelesen wird."
--Stuttgarter Nachrichten

"Ein Roman in Erzähl-Briefform als Spiegel für unsere moderne Welt... Kurzweilige Unterhaltung, die einfach Spaß macht."
--Hoerothek.de

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A conceit wearing thin and exposing reactionary views

As a teen I read “Der Ruinenbaumeister” and was an instant fan of this complex, extremely well-constructed and well-written. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find that work on audible. So I tried sone other works and this one instead.

Basically, the whole book is built on one idea. Not a bad one. But that’s not that the problem. The problem is that the author then goes on to use that idea to present his own, rather narrow-minded political and social views as the impressions of someone else. That’s basically what this book is.

And, it’s not done in any interesting way, style, or voice.

If you’re not a huge fan of Mr Rosendorfer, skip this one.

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