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Flight or Fight
Ben Oppenheim is juggling his ex-wife, two children and his love for Julia, and he urgently needs money. He is hoping for a breakthrough with his new screenplay. His producer, however, rejects the Holocaust subject matter. Yet the persecution of his forefathers shapes Ben’s thoughts and feelings to this day. When Russia threatens nuclear strike, Ben obeys his flight instinct. The Oppenheim family takes the next plane to Brazil.
Audacious, intelligent, paranoid, self-deprecating and full of wit, this is a debut novel about the burning issues of our era.
288 pages
2024
978-3-257-07315-7
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»Micha Lewinsky's novel Flight or Fight is a refined play on our anxieties about the future.«
»Is Flight or Fight going to make it to the big screen? We may eagerly look forward to the journey of this audacious, smart novel.«
»Highly comical, highly funny, but of course very tragic, too.«
»A most amusing read.«
»If you like Woody Allen films, you should also like Micha Lewinsky's novel Flight or Fight. They have the same humor.«
»A splendid debut!«
»An almost startling lightness, which could be described as self-ironic reflection, blends into the Jewish fears of persecution that Lewinsky has never expressed so clearly.»
»Micha Lewinsky's tragicomic novel skillfully merges the oppressive present with wit and a sense of effortless ease.«
»Micha Lewinsky’s crazy first novel effectively revisits the issue of the intergenerational transmission of trauma, while tackling the current resurgence of antisemitism around the world with bite.«
»With hilarious sketches, well-crafted dialogue and colourful secondary characters, Micha Lewinsky wins hands down in every category of the comedy marathon.«
»Both an intimate epic and a reconciliation with heritage, a reflection on responsibility, love and the wear and tear of relationships, on the fine line between reason and madness, Flight or Fight casually provides some keys to understanding the current tragedy.«