BOOKS BY TOMASZ TATUM
EISMÄNNER (German)
Upcoming release - Fall 2015
Short description
“Eismänner ist eine amüsante Geschichte von Torsten und
Natascha Wintersenn, einem jungen (oder jung gebliebenem?)
Paar, die es zwar gut miteinander meinen aber dennoch ihre
gemeinsame Gegenwart nur mit Hilfe von soufflierenden
Stimmen aus ihrer Vergangenheit meistern.
Die Geschichte ist die kurzweilige Chronologie eines
Sommerausflugs nach Bozen, losgelöst von den vielen
Zwängen, die mit dem beruflichen Alltag in der hessischen
Heimat einhergehen. Während Torsten schlicht meint, sich die
Woche Urlaub redlich verdient zu haben, denkt Natascha leider
etwas anders hierüber: Sie sieht in diesem Kurztrip die Chance
und auch die Notwendigkeit gekommen, das von ihr durch
Torstens Unachtsamkeit erlittene Unrecht zu sühnen. Und ganz
nebenbei hat sie unverhofft auch noch eine Mission im Namen
ihrer besten Freundin zu erfüllen.
So kommen sie an einem späten Samstagnachmittag am Hotel
in Bozen an, in trauter Zweisamkeit zwar, aber gleichzeitig
telefonisch mit den jeweiligen Ex verbunden, um im
entscheidenden Augenblick Hilfe aus dem Off zu holen…”
© Upcoming Fall 2015
BLIND.FAITH 2.0.50 - TWO ZERO FIFTY
(English)
Paperback & Kindle edition – September 2012
Short description
“At its inception, the story of BlindFaith 2.0.50 was inspired by
the idea of picking a time in the not-too-distant future and then
trying to imagine what consequences many of the
developments of our present world might lead to, whether
intentionally or otherwise.
Who will we be? is a question which seems to perpetuate itself
in this scenario as issues of identity become more complex
instead of becoming simpler.
Or, equally intriguing: What will make us that way?
Of course we know that technology will indisputably play a role
but the real truth is that we will decide the face of our future by
choosing whether and how to embrace an ever-accelerating
technological development or alternatively, through rejection.
And if a majority elect to literally subjugate themselves to it,
what implications does this have for those who choose not to?
Is freedom in such an environment then only attainable at the
cost of conformity?
The outlines of a domain-state such as Libertyville@Esperantia
can arguably be seen already today. It’s a place where borders
can be drawn anytime for any number of reasons: economic,
cultural, ideological or theological, for example.
It’s a place where the collective WE easily feels threatened by
some vague apparition which differs disturbingly from the
mainstream: THEM. It’s a place where a system or elements of
its society claim possession of exclusive wisdom or an
irrefutable logic which remains hidden to outsiders, real or
perceived. It’s a place where the simple act of asking questions
can undermine a collective form of enlightened happiness. And
where a crudely rational, populist state is endowed with the
authority to enforce a common standard of everything from civil
liberties to happiness.”
© 2012
Published 2012 by August von Goethe Literaturverlag,
Frankfurt am Main | ISBN-10: 3837211134 | ISBN-13: 978-
3837211139
NIGHTSCAPES FROM AFAR (English)
Paperback – 2015
Short description
“The text and prose contained in this collection goes back in time as far
as the early 1980s. Some of the texts contained in Nightscapes from
Afar are coolly-distant observations which could serve as the vehicle for
a pop song, for example, while others stand out as deeply personal.
Taken together, they paint a picture in which the intensity, the gravity at
the centre of the early first-person narrations is successively
deconstructed, becoming something similar to pinpoints of light within
the constellations of an overall much larger scheme of things. While the
first-person significance may seem to diminish in this comparison, the
order contained within this bigger picture benefits directly from the
structure provided by each individual perspective.”
©2015
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