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it´s our third BOOKCLUB meeting

and we choose Jacob´s Folly/Jacobs wundersame Wiederkehr by Rebecca Miller

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it is a pretty crazy ride of a book

spanning a few centuries worth of stories

there´s a poor jew with an adventurous life in Paris in the 18th century,
 a man working on boats and fighting fires in his free time 
and a girl trying to find her way in a traditional jewish home in New York, both in the present time

AND it´s all told by - a fly!

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HERE are the first pages in German

in case you are intrigued now

and want to join us on 10.12., 7.30 pm, just let me know

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got inspired by the challa bread mentioned a lot in the book

but i didn´t want to go the braided way and made snails instead

filled with evil Nutella spread, hazelnuts, chocolate and dried cherries

topped with a grenadine glaze and more roasted hazelnuts

also i didn´t burn the cut offs in the oven (instead i almost burnt the whole thing)

and the fact that my photographer assistant told me about his spectacular love affairs

while i tried to reenact a poetry recital without remembering any of the ryhmes

wasn´t very "traditional" either

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also i put my cat in there since the fly tries to bring down a "hero" who started out by rescuing kittens

she would have needed one like him a couple of weeks back when fighting with a marden

she´s all sewed up now

but still a very poor, hurt and scared bundle of fur

and i really hope she´s going to make it
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the tiny dotted cat is by LE TRAIN FANTOME
and the necklace by ME
just in case anyone is wondering...