How it could have been

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How it could have been

Family chronicle or picaresque novel? Volume 1: Africa, oh my Africa!

Fiction: general and literary

Author: C.-A. Rebaf

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Language: English

Published by: epubli

Published on: 8th May 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9783819093753


Is this a Rebafsche family chronicle or a Münchhausiade, i.e. all just a gigantic tall tale?

In volume 1, we start in a time when there was a German East Africa along with another migration direction, as there is today: Europeans, including Germans, emigrated to Africa.

Then comes the time of World War I, when an African named Kamante builds an airplane for the Reichswehr with the type designation "Kamante D 1", the African version of a "Fokker DR 1". It is flown by a favorite of Hermann Göring.

After the war, we meet the first illegal immigrant in what is now Tanzania: Wilhelm Bergmann. Is he really Rebaf's grandfather?

We then meet half-siblings Annah and Pa-aule, who both lead bizarre lives that are described in a humorous and bitingly ironic way.

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