Novel
Hannert dem Atlantik
Not translated into English
Guy Rewenig · 1985
Synopsis
Jhemp Medinger, an unskilled worker from the industrial south of Luxembourg, is the hero of this satirical novel in inventive language, which attacks small-town narrow-mindedness, hypocrisy, prudishness and double standards, and takes the side of society's outsiders.
Context
Published in 1985 by éditions Phi, the novel opens a sequence that the author closed in 1998 with Vakanz am Pazifik, after Mass mat dräi Hären in 1989. The Luxemburger Autorenlexikon sees it as the first modern novel in Luxembourgish; others hold it to be the very first novel published in that language, which opened the way to other works of fiction. The author was also a pioneer of children's literature in that language, with Muschkilusch, in 1990.
Who it is for
For reading, in Luxembourgish, a satire of the petty bourgeoisie and a plea for those it rejects.
Prizes and reception
The Luxembourg government portal includes it in its brief history of the country's writers.
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