Das Leben kostet viel Zeit

Every life is a novel. True. And the author is unknown. Jens Sparschuh, author of the Wende classic "Der Zimmerspringbrunnen," tells of a very special friendship and the search for one's own story in his new novel "Das Leben kostet viel Zeit" ("Life Costs a Lot of Time") in an enchantingly funny and light-footedly philosophical way. Years ago, Titus Brose led an almost exciting life as editor-in-chief of the Spandauer Bote. Today he writes memoirs on behalf of the company LebensLauf. He finds his clients at the Alter Fährhaus, a senior citizens' residence on the outskirts of Berlin. While he listens to the residents' life stories stylized into heroic legends and corrects the stylistic blunders in his colleague Schulze's work, he begins to doubt himself and his guild. But then he meets Dr. Einhorn, who directs his interest to Adelbert von Chamisso and Eduard Hitzig. The latter s.