Timmerberg has been dreaming of the big trip overland to Marrakech ever since his father left him his car ten years ago, along with the last words "Bon Voyage". What makes you more spontaneous and independent than your own vehicle? What is more robust and stylish than a Mercedes saloon? What is more relaxing to roll along in?
But what was meant to be a casual pleasure trip turns into a road trip with obstacles, on which the author gets to know himself anew. He is thwarted and robbed, his old Benz becomes a retreat and the journey alone becomes solitary confinement on four wheels ...
An honest book about punctured tires, conversations with the navigation system, happiness hormones and the eternal promise of freedom on the road.
To the author:
Helge Timmerberg, born in 1952 in Dorfitter, Hesse, hitchhiked to India at the age of seventeen and decided to become a journalist. He is one of Germany's most innovative journalists and travel writers and has published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Playboy and other media. He is the author of several bestsellers - most recently "Das Mantra gegen die Angst", "Lecko mio" and "Joint Adventure".
Organizer: Literaturbüro der Stadt Salzgitter
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