Look whos back 9781681449524 by vermes, timur and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. That is precisely the premise of timur vermes controversial novel, look whos back. David wnendt wetlands directs this adaptation of the bestselling book by timur vermes, which sees adolf hitler wake up in presentday berlin. Previously a ghostwriter, his first novel look whos back er ist wieder da, which has sold over a million copies in germany, is a satire about adolf hitler and 21stcentury germany. From the day of its original publication in germany in 20, timur vermes look whos back translated from the original title. I have a feeling that look whos back has a particular appeal for germany i have passed on a copy to my teutophile father but i am really glad to have read it. Timur vermes is a german writer who back in 2012 published look whos back, a supposedly comic novel based on the premise that adolf hitler wakes up in 2011 berlin, destitute and confused. Janet maslin of the new york times called look whos back desperately funny an ingenious comedy of errors. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Now youll also know timur vermes, whose debut novel has created a sensation in germany. Munich look whos back, a satirical novel by the german author timur vermes, imagines adolf hitler waking up, rip van winklestyle, on the streets of berlin in 2011. He has written for the abendzeitung and the cologne express and worked for various magazines. Look whos back by timur vermes incredible books from quercus. Television by quercusbooks from desktop or your mobile device.
Look whos back by timur vermes summary when adolf hitler wakes up in 2011, the world is a completely different place. What will he do next in fact, this question book and answers. Buy look whos back 01 by vermes, timur, bulloch, jamie isbn. Everyone who sees him believes he is a superbly nutty, fantastically accurate impersonator of hitler, a master of method acting. Culture books features timur vermess look whos back. Look whos back is a cutting satire on modern mediabloated, celebrityobsessed society, seen through the eyes of adolf hitler. Look whos back by timur vermes, 9781623653330, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The rest is taken care of by history or the tv ratings. Click to read more about look whos back by timur vermes. To begin with i thought we were driving around in circles until i realised that herr starbuck owned dozens of coffee houses. Quercus hachette book group look whos back by timur. The story starts in the summer of 2011 in berlin, where adolf hitler wakes to find himself in a vacant lot. The english version, look whos back, was translated by jamie bulloch and published by maclehose press in april 2014. Look whos back by timur vermes, 97808570545, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Look whos back by timur vermes book trailer youtube. It is the summer of 2011 and things have changed no eva braun, no nazi party, no war. What made the experience of listening to look whos back the most enjoyable. Timur vermess debut novel has created a sensation in germany, been translated into many languages and generated endless essays asking. Look whos back by timur vermes 2015, hardcover for sale. Look whos back kindle edition by vermes, timur, bulloch, jamie.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. How is unclear, one thing is clear he is here again. The book was a massive success in germany, selling more than 1. Look whos back has sold more than 250,000 copies in its english editions, and rights were sold to 35 territories. Excellent narration really gets the most out of the characters and makes them quite memorable and distinct. But the fuhrer has another program with even greater ambition in mindto set the country he finds in shambles back to rights. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read look whos back. Details about digital look whos back timur vermes digital look whos back timur vermes. Er ist wieder da was going to ruffle some feathers. The novel smartly uses its assorted events as an attempt to recreate the person of adolf hitler, and the result is fascinating. The novel combined to hitherto seldomexplored literary genres for german authors.
Buy the paperback book look whos back by timur vermes at indigo. With daring humor, look whos back is a perceptive study of the cult of personality and of how individuals rise to. Vermes has created an ingenious comedy of errors in which the jokes are either on hitlers misapprehensions about the modern world or the modern worlds refusal to take him at face value. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of nixons fall from office one of the gravest crises in presidential history. He studied history and politics and went on to become a journalist. It is a rollicking farce, a comedic look at our obsession with celebrity, that the worldwide stage of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Look whos back by timur vermes, 9781782067832, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Time timur vermes recordbreaking bestseller look whos back is a satirical novel that imagines what would happen if hilter were reborn in presentday germany.
Hitler which is clear from the cover woke up in berlin in august 2011. Its highenergy prose is packed with truly funny oneliners and it takes a look at our modern culture from a very innovative angle a book to look at with an open mind. Timur vermes, look whos back and of course without an established ideology, in the modern entertainment industry one hasnt got a chance, nor even a raison detre. If youve listened to books by timur vermes before, how does this one compare. Whos who in the age of jesus by vermes, geza hardback book the fast free. The title translates as hes back and its about hitler, who mysteriously. Things have changed no eva braun, no nazi party, no war. I was wondering if the book would live up to its premise which comes very close to the knuckle in satirising mass media culture as the nazis were some of the first to harness imagery, spectacle and iconography on a. Buy look whos back book online at best prices in india on. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading look whos back.
Naive yet insightful, repellent yet strangely sympathetic, the revived hitler unquestionably has a spring in his step. Adolf hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. For the last few days ive been reading timurs book, and yesterday i finished it. Imagine one of historys most vicious and hated tyrants coming back to life not like an actual zombie, thankfully in a modern day world, which is nothing like the one he left behind when he died. Look whos back is a timely and important book to discuss, even if it is controversial. Written by timur vermes, audiobook narrated by david threlfall. Timur vermes recordbreaking bestseller, look whos back, is a satirical novel that imagines what would happen if hilter reawakened in presentday germany. In look whos back, hitler returns and hes amusing the. Thered be no need to discuss the acceptability of laughter if look whos back werent desperately funny. The plot of the book look whos back by timur vermes is simple to a disgrace. Without the army, the reich chancellery and cute eve with blondie. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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