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A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War.

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"The Blue Soda Siphon, for two and a half hours, gave back to me that feeling I used to have when, as a child, I would lose myself, amazed, in my favorite stories. I'd call this book a masterpiece without hesitation. It is a rarity in German literature: profound and, simultaneously, extremely entertaining." (Die Zeit)"

The Blue Soda Siphon

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    A Hardback by Urs Widmer, Donal McLaughlin

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      Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/11/2014
      ISBN13: 9780857422118, 978-0857422118
      ISBN10: 0857422111

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War.

      Trade Review
      "The Blue Soda Siphon, for two and a half hours, gave back to me that feeling I used to have when, as a child, I would lose myself, amazed, in my favorite stories. I'd call this book a masterpiece without hesitation. It is a rarity in German literature: profound and, simultaneously, extremely entertaining." (Die Zeit)"

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