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Der Trafikant (German Edition) Kindle Edition

German Edition by Robert Seethaler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 6,731 ratings
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Österreich 1937: Der 17-jährige Franz Huchel verlässt sein Heimatdorf, um in Wien als Lehrling in einer Trafik - einem kleinen Tabak- und Zeitungsgeschäft - sein Glück zu suchen. Dort begegnet er eines Tages dem Stammkunden Sigmund Freud und ist sofort fasziniert von ihm. Im Laufe der Zeit entwickelt sich eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft zwischen den beiden unterschiedlichen Männern. Als sich Franz kurz darauf Hals über Kopf in die Varietétänzerin Anezka verliebt, sucht er bei dem alten Professor Rat. Dabei stellt sich jedoch schnell heraus, dass dem weltbekannten Psychoanalytiker das weibliche Geschlecht ein mindestens ebenso großes Rätsel ist wie Franz. Ohnmächtig fühlen sich beide auch angesichts der sich dramatisch zuspitzenden politisch-gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse. Und schon bald werden Franz, Freud und Anezka jäh vom Strudel der Ereignisse mitgerissen.
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    257 pages
  2. Language
    German
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Kein und Aber (Bücher+Tonträger), Zürich
  5. Publication date
    August 29, 2012
  6. File size
    2064 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009CTQABS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kein und Aber (Bücher+Tonträger), Zürich; 1st edition (August 29, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 29, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ German
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2064 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 6,731 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
6,731 global ratings

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Brigitte
4.0 out of 5 stars Der Fabrikant
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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An interesting book about history in Nazi Germany/ Austria, written mostly by means of a description of a young man's friendship with Siegmund Freud. Though from a small village the boy and his mother seem to have more common sense than most Viennese/Austrians and Germans at the time. Freud, being Jewish, had great insight into the political presence and helped the boy focus on his friendship with Freud no matter the consequences for him. It is easy reading despite the subject matter.
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Balint Andras Varga
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Novel
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2016
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I have come to regard Robert Seethaler as a greater writer. Der Trafikant is a wonderful book, highly recommended!
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M. L. Blue
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2015
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A beautiful sad story, an easy read for German speakers or students.
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lilian breitkopf
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2015
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great book!!!!
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ilona
5.0 out of 5 stars My Lucky find this year!
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2020
I had never heard of this author...Can not get enough of his writing.
It feels as though he is sitting beside me and telling me the storyl
Loved the book....i might love A Whole Life (Ganzes Leben) a bit more.
Am reading his third book Das Feld now in German.
The wait is too long for the translation, but will buy it then, to share with friends here in the US
Have purchased this book for my cousin in Austria and a friend in Greece.

There is something about the way foreign authors write...think...experience life. Like foreign films where the director dares to linger on a character's face, rather than go to the next action scene.
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gimp
5.0 out of 5 stars Vienna 1938 from a Young Mans Point of view.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2014
The older you get the more complicated becomes life. It is beautiful and sad at the same time.

One of the best books I have read.
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Kindle-Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars So schön geschrieben und noch schöner vorgelesen
Reviewed in Germany on April 26, 2024
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Den Inhalt ist ja im Klappentext beschrieben.
Ich fand das Buch herrlich.
Eine sehr schlimme Zeit durch die Augen des wenig gebildeten, aber sehr pragmatisch und klar denkenden Tafikantenbub zu betrachten war eine Freude!
Nicht verwunderlich, dass die Geschichte auf den Lektürelisten der Schulen gelandet ist.
Leicht geschrieben mit sehr viel Charme und Augenzwinkern.
So schön!
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Johnny
5.0 out of 5 stars Livre allemand der trafikant
Reviewed in France on September 16, 2023
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Marina
4.0 out of 5 stars Una storia particolare
Reviewed in Italy on June 25, 2023
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Questo romanzo ti trasferisce a Vienna negli anni di ascesa di Hitler e racconta dell'amicizia tra un giovane ragazzo semplice e l'anziano Freud costretto a lasciare Vienna per scappare dai nazisti. Stile leggero e delicato. Da consigliare
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5.0 out of 5 stars inevitability
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2023
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Learning German, I found the 'touch vocabulary' allowed me to keep with the flow and maintain interest. The narrative is strong and Franz's care for both his mother and the tobacconist is affecting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro estupendo y original
Reviewed in Spain on October 19, 2019
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Me gustó mucho el libro. Al principio me costó leerlo en alemán, pero tras buscar unas cuantas palabras, se lee bastante bien. Ideal para un nivel C1- alto
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