Muß Ich Denn Schon Wieder Verreisen?

by Evelyn Sanders

Paperback has some edge wear and shelf wear. No writing, rips or creases. No creases on spine. Text is in GERMAN and pages have lightly tanned. 315 pages, 1996. Please see my posted photos for additional information.

Genres: Humor

315 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 1996

About the author

Evelyn Sanders (* 14. Mai 1934 in Berlin; eigentlich Evelyn Stitz) ist eine deutsche Schriftstellerin.

Evelyn Sanders ist in Berlin aufgewachsen. Später siedelte die Familie nach Düsseldorf um. Die gelernte Journalistin widmete sich nach ihrer Hochzeit der Kindererziehung. Ihr erstes Buch entstand eher zufällig, als sie für ihren ältesten Sohn zum Geburtstag ein Fotoalbum zusammen stellte, welches sie ursprünglich nur mit kleinen Texten versehen wollte. Im Folgenden entstanden viele weitere, heitere Familienromane.

Evelyn Sanders ist verwitwet, hat fünf Kinder und lebt als freie Schriftstellerin in Bad Rappenau.

Reviews

[Manybooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I do have to admit that having Evelyn Sanders just write about two specific travel destinations in her Muss ich denn schon wieder verreisen? (Do I have to go on vacation again?) has been a bit of a tedious reading slog at times, as especially the description of the second vacation (to the Maldives) reads to and for me as rather one-sidedly standard and as such also like oh so many other tropical destination travel memoirs I have encountered in the past (and with in particular the author and her daughter constantly griping about being mostly served fish kind of majorly getting on my nerves), the first travel log of Muss ich denn schon wieder verreisen? (about the author’s and her friend Irene’s group trip through Israel) has indeed and happily been both delightfully entertaining and also academically enlightening (as well as sometimes very thought provoking) and has certainly much compensated me with regard to my ho-hum and frustratingly lacklustre reaction regarding the Maldives vacation part. For while much of the presented textual content of Muss ich denn schon wieder verreisen? does indeed and naturally revolve around providing information imbued with much humour and entertainment (and for the Israel trip, unfortunately but also most appreciatively instances of tourists behaving badly and acting in potentially offensive and silly ways), on the Israel trip, Evelyn Sanders’ also confronts her own feelings of guilt regarding the Holocaust and that she, even though she was a child during WWII, often feels personally responsible for what happened (and this even though Evelyn Sanders is repeatedly told by Israelis she meets that since she was a child during the Third Reich, she was not and is not in any manner responsible for or guilty of Nazi atrocities, that the Holocaust was not and is not her fault).

And thus, while with Muss ich denn schon wieder verreisen?, the first part (about the author’s trip to Israel) I would definitely rank with a solid four stars, the second part of the novel has basically been just a two star read for me, not terrible, not ever offensive or inappropriate, but in comparison with Evelyn Sanders’ description of her and best friend Irene’s Israel trip (and the thoughtful musings about German guilt and responsibility regarding the Holocaust), sorry, but the Maldives vacation depictions, they just feel tacked on, sub-par and dragging (and therefore a three star average rating for Muss ich denn schon wieder verreisen? and with any possible recommendations actually being mostly if not only for the first part of the book, as the trip through Israel narrative is most definitely worthwhile, interesting and very thoughtfully penned).

[Larissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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