"Walter Fendrich, Hauptfigur dieser Liebesgeschichte in den Wirtschaftswunderjahren, hat eine wechselvolle Geschichte hinter sich. Nach dem Krieg begann er ziellos mehrere Berufsausbildungen, versuchte sich erfolglos als Banklehrling, Tischler und Verkäufer, und auch seine Elektrikerlehre schloß er ohne Begeisterung ab. Schließlich findet er ein einträgliches Auskommen als Waschmaschinen-Mechaniker, ohne jedoch mit seinem Leben zufrieden zu sein. Das ändert sich, als sein Vater ihn in einem Brief bittet, die Tochter eines Kollegen vom Bahnhof abzuholen. Die Begegnung mit der zwanzigjährigen Hedwig, einer flüchtigen Bekannten aus Kindertagen, wird für Walter zum Wendepunkt. Er setzt alles daran, die junge Frau zu gewinnen, und legt dabei eine Entschlossenheit an den Tag, die ihn an seine Kindheit erinnert. Er wuchs auf in ärmlichen Verhältnissen und war von einem gierigen, geradezu zwanghaftem Verlangen nach Brot besessen. Die Hartherzigkeit seiner Umgebung trieb ihn in den Diebstahl, und schließlich ging es Walter nur noch um Geld. Es wurde zum einzigen Lebenszweck, und erst die Macht, mit der ihn die Liebe zu Hedwig erfasst, führt ihn zu lange vergessenen Wertmasstäben zurück."
"Povídky a satiry jednoho z nejvýznačnějších západoněmeckých spisovatelů jsou tematicky zaměřeny na dědictví hitlerismu a války. Sledují zejména problematiku mladé německé generace, její zkušenosti s bídou, hladem, demoralizací a krutostí války i touhu mladých lidí po novém životě."
"This masterful early work of the Nobel laureate tells the story of one day in the life of Walter Fendrich, a 23-year-old washing machine repairman. Wry, ironic, yet intensely felt, the story is set in post-World War II Germany, amid the growing materialism and spirtual wreckage left behind by the tide of the war. Fendrich, a young man torn by insecurity and despair, obsessed with hunger, finds himself and his world transformed when he becomes involved with the daughter of a high school principal."
"Novelle over een jongeman die na een karige jeugd alles van de materialistische kant bekijkt."
"Torn by insecurity and cynicism, washing-machine repairman Walter Fendrich is obsessed with hunger. The war and wartime shortages haunt him as an insatiable craving for bread, a bottomless desperation for security and gratification of basic needs. One day he finds himself and his world transformed when he meets a woman and discovers that love dispels his cravings as bread never could."
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