Nachtzug nach Lissabon

Author text
Pascal Mercier, born in Bern in 1944, is called Peter Bieri in real life and is Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin. In 2006 he was awarded the "Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize".

Flap text
Raimund Gregorius, a Latin teacher, suddenly leaves his well-ordered life behind and takes the night train to Lisbon. In his luggage: the book of the Portuguese Amadeu de Prado, whose insights into the experiences of human life will not let him go. Who was this Amadeu de Prado? A restless search begins all over Lisbon, the search for another life and the search for an unusual doctor and poet who fought against the dictatorship of Salazar.