Blasmusikpop oder Wie die Wissenschaft in die Berge kam

A great German-language novel about a small village - Vea Kaiser's furious debut In her debut novel, Vea Kaiser unfolds the world of the secluded alpine mountain village of St. Peter am Anger with great verve and irresistible wit, and tells the story of a family that has curiously succumbed to science over three generations. Against the narrow-mindedness and unreflective sense of tradition The St. Petrianer Johannes A. Irrwein - trained since his earliest childhood a strong dislike of his grandfather, the tapeworm researcher Johannes Gerlitzen. Hungry for education and alert as he is, he longs for the enlightened world that he suspects behind the Alpine massifs. However, when the star pupil unexpectedly passes through the Matura, he begins to deal with his village. Emulating his favorite author, Herodotus, the father of historiography, he sets about writing the chronicles of his village - and unintentionally causes the biggest event in St. Peter's history that will change the mountain village forever. A 14.8 meter a long fish tapeworm, a soapbox headed for the moon, an unexpectedly attractive monk in a jaguar, a pregnant village princess, an old-philological secret society, a nordicwalking mothers round, a young footballer with the heart in the right place, a sinister conspiracy of the village elders as well as lots of trendy brass band music to the unique microcosm of this novel, which impresses with its love for luminous details and bizarre events, through its narrative fury and its polyphony. Vea Kaiser made a daring, outstanding debut at the age of twenty-three. This novel will enchant you. (This description is a translation from the German Amazon catalog with Google translator)