The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Chinese Edition)

by Jonas Jonasson

Blurb

After experiencing a legendary long life, Allan Karlsson moves into a retirement home, which he thinks might be his last stop on the earth. The problem is, his health is unwilling to give in. One day, he even lives to an age of three digits. When a gorgeous celebration is waiting for him, and the mayor and local newspapers are all in place, he actually climes out of the window and escapes from his own centenary celebration without premeditation just because he doesn't want to see such a scene. Leaving in a hurry, he accidentally gets a suitcase, which he is demanded to watch for a while when the owner is away. Immediately, he actually becomes the target searched by criminal gangs and police. It turns out that there are 50 million cash in the suitcase ...

First Published

2009

Member Reviews Write your own review

mazipaan

Mazipaan

Das erste Buch seit Langem, dass ich nicht zu Ende gelesen habe. Es hat witzige Stellen, aber es ist zu kontruiert und langatmig geschrieben. Ich kann den Hype darum nicht verstehen. Vielleicht ringe ich mich irgendwann zu einem zweiten Versuch durch....

0 Responses posted in February
Django

Django

zu konstruiert, leichte, fast schon banale lektüre

0 Responses posted in January
selbstleser

Selbstleser

spannend von Anfang bis zum Schluss.

0 Responses posted in January
aniwai

Aniwai

Kurzweilige, Geschichte mit vielen netten Ideen. Mir aber zu einfach gestrickt, zu seicht: Die Konflikte lösen sich wie bei einer leichten Komödie sehr schnell und teilweise auf hanebüchene Weise auf, was es mir sehr schwer gemacht hat, mich wirklich auf die Geschichte einzulassen.

0 Responses posted in June
m3t3or

M3t3or

Wirklich schön erzählte fiktive Lebensgeschichte!

0 Responses posted in June
Log in to comment