Hampel's Escapes

He is a gambler, a lady-killer, a devil and an ingenious trader: Heinrich Hampel is always getting back on his feet again. As a gifted salesman for beds in West Germany he meets lots of wonderful women – and he just loves women. In order to escape from his creditors he flees to East Germany just after the wall is built, and the bed-selling is doing fine there again. But then politics catch up with him ...

A powerful and at the same time sensitive novel about politics, love and beds in a divided Germany – a real disvovery.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 15.08.2000
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-02927-7
  • 496 Pages
  • Author: Michael Kumpfmüller
Hampel's Escapes
Michael Kumpfmüller Hampel's Escapes
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Michael Kumpfmüller

Michael Kumpfmüller , born in Munich in 1961, is a freelance author in Berlin. His novel Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens enjoyed critical acclaim and became an instant bestseller; today, the book has been translated into 25 languages. His most recent novels are Die Erziehung des Mannes (2016), Tage mit Ora (2018) and Ach, Virginia (2020) .

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