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Die masurische Eisenbahnreise und andere heitere Geschichten
Arno Surminski nimmt seine Leser mit auf eine masurische Eisenbahnreise, zu Besuch beim deutschen Kaiser, and die dänische Grenze nach Ammersby, in das schleswig-holsteinische Dörfchen Poggendiek, ja sogar bis and den Gardsee, nach Sankt Petersburg und auf eine sonnige Atlantikinsel.
Mit Wârme und hintergründigem Humor schildert er die Ängste und Nöte der sogenannten „kleinen Leute‟.
Es sind Geschichten für den Alltag wie den Sonntag, für den Feierabend wie für trübe Tage und schlaflose Nächte.
Mit Wârme und hintergründigem Humor schildert er die Ängste und Nöte der sogenannten „kleinen Leute‟.
Es sind Geschichten für den Alltag wie den Sonntag, für den Feierabend wie für trübe Tage und schlaflose Nächte.
248 pages, Hardcover
Published November 16, 2010
About the author
Arno Surminski
48 books5 followersArno Surminski (born 20 August 1934 in Jäglack, East Prussia) is a German writer, living in Hamburg, and a father of two.
After growing up in East Prussia, his parents were deported to ther Soviet Union, while he was expelled to Schleswig-Holstein. Having finished his school education there, he was apprenticed to a lawyer from 1950-1953.
He lived in Canada from 1957 to 1960, but then came back to Germany, where he worked for an insurance company from 1962 until 1972.
Since 1972, apart from writing, he has been working as a journalist, specialising in economy and insurance. His fame is mainly due to his novels, the principal themes of which are his recollections of a happy childhood and the fate of the deportees; he has no interest however in revenge, but only wants to preserve his childhood memories. Several of his books were used for TV productions.
Since 2001, he has been working as an ombudsman in the field of health insurance.
After growing up in East Prussia, his parents were deported to ther Soviet Union, while he was expelled to Schleswig-Holstein. Having finished his school education there, he was apprenticed to a lawyer from 1950-1953.
He lived in Canada from 1957 to 1960, but then came back to Germany, where he worked for an insurance company from 1962 until 1972.
Since 1972, apart from writing, he has been working as a journalist, specialising in economy and insurance. His fame is mainly due to his novels, the principal themes of which are his recollections of a happy childhood and the fate of the deportees; he has no interest however in revenge, but only wants to preserve his childhood memories. Several of his books were used for TV productions.
Since 2001, he has been working as an ombudsman in the field of health insurance.
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