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F | Daniel Kehlmann
11 posts | 11 read | 1 reading | 11 to read
From the internationally acclaimed author of "Measuring the World," here is a dazzling tragicomedy about the three sons of a lost father. Arthur Friedland is a wannabe writer who one day takes his sons to a performance by the Great Lindemann, Master of Hypnosis. Arthur declares himself immune to hypnosis and a disbeliever in magic. But the Great Lindemann knows better, and after he extracts Arthur s deepest secrets and tells him to make them real, Arthur empties the family bank account and vanishes. He goes on to become a world-famous author, a master of the mystical. (F is for fake.) But what of his abandoned boys? The painfully shy Martin grows up to be a priest without a vocation. (F is for faith, and lack of it.) Eric becomes a financier on the brink of ruin (F is for fraud), while Ivan, hoping for glory as a painter, instead becomes a forger. (F is for forgery, too.) During the summer before the global financial crisis, they are thrown together again with cataclysmic results. Wildly funny and heartbreaking, Daniel Kehlmann s novel about truth, family, and the terrible power of fortune is a fictional triumph."
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vivastory
vivastory
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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Thanks for the book & Gorey card, Sarah! For some reason my mail is now being delivered early in the morning. It was a pleasant surprise to leave for work just now & find this on my doorstep. Your book should reach you today or tomorrow.
@sarahbarnes

sarahbarnes Yay! I‘m glad it arrived! 🎉 3y
batsy That hot pink cover and the Gorey card 😍 3y
vivastory @batsy It's a really eye-catching cover! 3y
LeahBergen I love Gorey 😍 3y
Centique That pink is fantastic! 3y
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sarahbarnes
sarahbarnes
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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This book was so much fun to read - hilarious writing and full of brilliant twists and turns of Fate. It was the entertainment I needed this week. I‘d had this one on my shelf for years and I‘m glad I finally picked it up!

vivastory I need to check this out. Tyll was one of my faves on the MB International shortlist 3y
sarahbarnes @vivastory I‘m really interested to read Tyll. Glad to hear you liked it! 3y
vivastory If you're interested I wouldn't mind doing a swap. I could send Tyll your way for F. 3y
sarahbarnes @vivastory I‘m definitely interested. Great idea! If you want to email me your address I‘m at couriers.tragedy@gmail.com. 3y
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nosferatu
nosferatu
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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Soundtrack: Agnes Obel – Myopia

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Henrik_Madsen
Henrik_Madsen
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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F for falseness, F for fiction, and F for fooling yourself. Before the financial crisis in 2008 three brothers are living on a lie - and it‘s all coming crashing down. Kehlmann writer with psychological insight a sharp criticism of a society losing its way.

Definitely a good read!

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Moray_Reads
Moray_Reads
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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This is one of those novels I know I will need to read again in order to see all its intricacies. It tells the story of three brothers whose lives are built on falsehoods a priest with no faith, a financier whose success is a facade and an art forger. It's funny and philosophical and very complex, full of literary twists and circles - expect more questions than answers!

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raresquarebear
raresquarebear
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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Goals. This is how I want to go.

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raresquarebear
raresquarebear
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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I'm trying to branch out and read more translated works. If anyone has a great recommendation for a book by a foreign author that's been translated to English, I'm making a #tbr list! I picked this beauty up at the library because it looked cool and is by a German author. So far, I'm not sorry!

BookishMarginalia You can try Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Clarice Lispector, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
[tagged book]The German Girl: A Novel
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raresquarebear @BookishMarginalia thanks! I'll be sure to check those out! 7y
TheSloanRanger If you're after something completely bizarre and wildly creative, don't go past Walter Moers and his Zammonia books. The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books and The Thirteen & A Half Lives of Captain Bluebear are my faves 💖📚 7y
TheSloanRanger Translated from the German by John Brownjohn I believe! 7y
raresquarebear @picklebacksandpaperbacks I love bizarre and wildly creative stories! Those are on the list! Thanks!! 7y
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KVanRead
KVanRead
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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#photoadaynov16 Feeling super lazy this rainy Saturday morning, so I decided to try complete the #onewordtitles challenge without getting out of bed and lucky for me it turned out my Kindle app has quite a nice selection! @RealLifeReading

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Faibka
Faibka
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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Good morning everyone! Ready for a new day and a new challenge!
#photoadaynov16
#orangecovers

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Taylor
Taylor
F | Daniel Kehlmann
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Anybody familiar with this?

I found it one day on the front table at Elliott Bay. I liked it when I read it, and since then it has stuck with me in a way most novels don't.

I never hear about this book, and feel as if it doesn't fully exist, but this one copy was created only for me....

Taylor And as if to prove my theory this is the only note about this book on Litsy. 8y
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