"I run now, as Carl Lewis at the time, a hundred yards in ten point zero. Containing minutes, not seconds. "
A day after his 94th Birthday, a man sits in a beautiful garden and recalls. His memories, he says on tape.
And what memories those are! With 8 years In 1946, he is introduced Mr. Adamson, and that shapes his life. With Mr. Adamson most interesting things he experienced. Unusual things. After all, Mr. Adamson is already dead, and so does the boy down in the world of the dead ...
can see why the boy dead Mr. Adamson? Mr Adamson died in exactly the moment when the boy was born. And later, when the boy dies once, Mr. Adamson will accompany him.
A nice idea is that the content and language is a beautiful story about friendship, life and death.
Urs Widmer: Mr. Adamson. ISBN 9783257067187 , Paperback, 192 pages, published by Diogenes
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