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C.H.BECK
Jennifer Royston
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German
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Little freedom

Nicola Kabel

With a touching father-daughter story, Nicola Kabel puts her finger in both emotional and political wounds inflicted by the past and the present. Press praise: "Nicola Kabel (...) has found her own voice (...) She tells the story in concise, elegant words. It is not really laconic, but some things are formulated in such a supposedly casual way that they hit the point all the more accurately." Lübecker Nachrichten, Peter Intelmann "A smart, well-told novel, with spot-on dialogue and vivid characters" Der Tagesspiegel Judge Saskia Baumgartner just turned forty and is on parental leave for her two sons, while her husband Christian commutes between his hometown in the North German province and a law firm in Hamburg. A planned wind farm on her doorstep is upsetting Saskia's orderly life.

When she gets involved in a citizens' initiative, Joachim von Wedekamp pays special attention to her. She enters into his conservative circle and is irritated to find out that behind his opposition to the wind farm lies a much more fundamental criticism of today's society, immigration and changing values.

Wedekamp's fatherly and polite manner contrasts with her own father, Hans Bräuninger, an alto-68, whom she loves and yet is often embarrassed by. With him, Saskia and her chaotic little sister Sophie grew up in colourful flat-shares after their mother left the family. Although successful as a lawyer, he has nevertheless retained his furious criticism of rampant inequality, global capitalism and the consumer society, is as unconventional as ever and does not spare any relatives.

In her sensitive debut novel, Nicola Kabel tells a touching father-daughter story, which at the same time puts its finger in the wounds inflicted on us by the ordeals of the present.
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Main content page count: 272 Pages