Der Goalie bin ig

The first novel by Pedro Lenz! In "Der Goalie bin ig," a first-person narrator reflects on a lost paradise. The "goalie," an addict from a village in the Mittelland, narrates in colloquial language about his life in the 1980s. His perspective on his surroundings is clouded by the desire to gloss over his past life. After serving a prison sentence, he tries to regain his footing in everyday life, finds a temporary job, falls in love with a waitress, and travels to Spain with his beloved – yet the old stories continue to catch up with him. Lenz creates a touching portrait of the "goalie" and a small, little-known world in the heart of Switzerland. However, since the larger world consists of many small spaces, we are undoubtedly dealing with world literature here.