Penguin Dämmerung

The balance of a distinctive life that represents an entire era, as seen in "Karlmann" and "Vaterjahre" – the pinnacle of Michael Kleeberg's novelistic art. Karlmann wants to know one more time. Although he has aged, he does not consider himself old. Now, at 60, he invites everyone to a grand celebration. He takes stock of his life, as always with a sly stubbornness, free from sentimentality and still unwilling to back down. What feels like a second youth to him is overshadowed by the thought of irretrievability. However, Charly Renn has always known how to brace himself against the overwhelming power of emotions. This is sorely needed, as his self-image is put to a tough test not only during the Corona period but also in the farewell to his dying father and in confronting his own children, who have long since gone their own ways. Thus, he embarks on a final project, one that demands all his resilience once more. In a cultural institution in Hamburg, he becomes an unwilling activist, only to ultimately realize that a new, completely different era has begun, one that has little to do with him anymore. In the third and final part of the "Karlmann" trilogy, which narrates several decades of West German society, Michael Kleeberg now presents his protagonist in the captivating light of twilight.