Guter Junge
By Paul McVeigh
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Der katholische Teil von Belfast in den frühen achtziger Jahren ist ein erschreckender Ort für einen ebenso klugen wie feinfühligen Jungen, dessen bester Freund seine kleine Schwester ist und dessen Lieblingsfilm »Der Zauberer von Oz«. In seiner Phantasie erträumt sich Mickey eine Zukunft als Filmstar in Amerika, obwohl seine Welt bereits hinter der nächsten Straßenecke endet.
Unterdessen entdeckt er seine Liebe für das unerreichbare Nachbarmädchen, hat Angst vor der neuen Schule mit den wilden Jungs und macht einen Ausflug zu den verbotenen Hügeln, um einmal einen Blick dahin zu wagen, wo alles anders ist und eine bessere Zukunft auf ihn warten könnte.
Der Autor schreibt mit solcher Wärme und Humor über eine Zeit der Armut und Gewalt, in der ein unschuldiger Junge zu früh Verlust und Verrat erfährt, aber sich als findiger Lebenskünstler aus jeder misslichen Lage zu befreien weiß. Nicht zuletzt um seiner mutigen, resoluten und nimmermüden Mutter zu einem kleinen Stück vom Glück zu verhelfen, entwickelt Mickey einen überraschenden Plan.
Den besonderen Tonfall des Romans haben die beiden Übersetzer wunderbar eingefangen.
Paul McVeigh
Born in Belfast, Paul’s work has been performed on stage and radio, published in print and translated into seven languages. He began his career as a playwright before moving to London where he wrote comedy shows, which were performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London’s West End. Moving into prose, his short stories have been published in anthologies & literary journals been read on BBC Radio 3, 4 & 5. ‘Hollow’ was shortlisted for Irish Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2017. Paul co-founded the London Short Story Festival, of which, he was Director and Curator for 2014 & ’15. He is associate director at Word Factory, ‘the UK’s national organisation for excellence in the short story’ The Guardian.
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