Berlin, 2 June 1967. During a demonstration against the Shah's visit to Germany, the student Benno Ohnesorg was killed by a gunshot fired at close range by an undercover officer. He is twenty-six years old and has never been actively involved in ...
Berlin, 2 June 1967. During a demonstration against the Shah's visit to Germany, the student Benno Ohnesorg was killed by a gunshot fired at close range by an undercover officer. He is twenty-six years old and has never been actively involved in politics. The murder is denied by the authorities, and his absurd death is the fuse that will soon ignite the student protest movement. Forty years later Uwe Timm returns to face that moment and its historical context and does so like the painful and intense reflection that in the previous book, "Like my brother", had supported him in the re-enactment of his own tragic family, of Nazi everyday life and its aftermath in post-war Germany. Also in this case Uwe Timm is neither a spectator nor a detached reporter: Benno Ohnesorg had been for him first and foremost a friend and fellow student in the college where they both found themselves after having undertaken, out of necessity, a different personal career. United by the same passion for literature and the desire for self-discovery, the two share a passion for books and initial attempts at writing before their lives take distinct directions. A "short parable" is the journey of Benno Ohnesorg, marked by a tragic and then paradoxical fate at the very moment in which he becomes a "political example", so far from the true essence of the thoughtful and quiet, sensitive, and shy boy.
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