Frank Goosen - Lovely Rita
The new novel by Frank Goosen
In his new novel, Frank Goosen goes to the pub. More precisely, to the "Haus Himmelreich," the old corner pub where stories and fates intersect: There is the bar cockpit with the Captain, the Tall One, and Willi Trommer, guys who have been sitting here since time immemorial. There are Gisela, the artistic bartender, the Juniper Anni with God's toolbox, Faris, the comedian, Harry, the old social democrat, Carlo, who looks like Cat Stevens, or the Countess, who has seen the whole world but sometimes lives in an old song. Above all, there is Rita Urbaniak, Lovely Rita, the landlady who once wanted to do something completely different, but then life got in the way. And her sister Chris, born in wartime, who has always been traveling the world in search of what one casually calls happiness.
Between gentleman's drinks and women's groups, grounding happens before the drinking begins, it's time to pay and to be friendly, and to turn two sixes into a one on the second roll, which can only happen with dice on Maundy Thursday.
In "Lovely Rita," Frank Goosen humorously and warmly narrates about a dying ecosystem, the pub.
And isn't it absurd that the foam crown on a Pilsner is called "Blume," but the glass is called "Tulpe?"
Admission: 6:30 PM
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
