Cold Shoulder (Swiss Literature)

by Michael Hofmann (Translator), Markus Werner (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator), Markus Werner (Author)

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  2016

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  Moritz Wenk is a moderately unsuccessful artist work- ing part-time as a commercial painter. He forms a harmonious if uncommitted couple with Judith, a dental hygienist. During a hot week in summer, Moritz reflects on his own position in life while mediating a marital dispute between two friends, hosting a dinner party for neighbors he hates, and turning thirty-eight. Told with Werners customary charm, spleen, and baroque artistry,Cold Shoulderis a comic portrait of an unexceptional modern man struggling to make the decisions that will bring his life meaning.