Eine Frau zu sehen by Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Most of the characters are miserably lonely, and most use drugs to dull their feelings of unhappiness.Since the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach-journalist, traveler, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist-has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians. “Menschen im Hotel” explores just this world, and more specifically, the events that take place in a Berlin luxury hotel, where a number of curious characters are staying, including a hysterical ballerina dancer, struggling to deal with her falling stardom as a result of her ageing, and a man, horribly disfigured from the war, on a never ending search for a letter that hasn’t arrived yet.

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Eine Frau zu sehen by Annemarie Schwarzenbach