Rudi Wurlitzer Knihy

With a geography as diverse as the streets of Beverly Hills and the charnel grounds of India, a Mexican beach resort and the Russian Tea Room in New York City, this is a spare, eloquent, and deeply informed novel about the world of the movies. It is a profound and utterly convincing portrait of a man whose career and life has been devoted to the manipulation of images--on the screen and at the conference table, with actors and technicians--and the story of how, at the age of 71, he tries to divest himself of illusions and make peace with his demons and his past.

Originally published in 1968, Nog became a universally revered novel and part of the countercultural movement. Now, 42 years later, it is back in print with a brand new introduction. In Wurlitzer's signature haunting and hypnotic voice, Nog tells the tale of a lone man adrift in the American West, armed with nothing but his own pencil-thin memories and an octopus in a bathysphere. After releasing the fake octopus into the ocean, Nog meanders up the Californian coast, repeatedly tracing his memories and making lists.

Tot oder lebendig? Amerika, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Nachdem er im Kampf um eine Frau den Pferdedieb Lobo Bill erschossen hat, verlässt der abgebrannte Trapper und Fellhändler Zebulon Shook seine Hütte am Gila-Fluss in New Mexico und zieht Richtung Westen. Sein Weg führt ihn durch ein Land von wilder Schönheit, wo keine Gesetze gelten. Mit einer Kugel im Herzen reitet er dem letzten Sonnenuntergang entgegen.