Der Held, Mr. Gale, sicherlich ziemlich viel B. Traven selbst, ist in Mexiko unterwegs, um sein Leben zu erhalten. Er nimmt Arbeit an, die er bekommen kann, akzeptiert Entlohnung, die kaum zum Leben reicht, und schlägt sich mit unwürdigen Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen herum. Deutlich und klar wird ...
looks like i have a new favorite.
b. traven played me like a fiddle with this book. i found myself muttering darkly about the bloodless bureaucracy that runs the world, piling up money that will never been seen by the poor, and the honest workers who do their best to stay afloat. it is this kind of rhetoric that stoked my fire:"Ther...
"my personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which i want to keep to myself" - b. traven in defense of his refusal to provide a biography to help promote his first novel.the name that b. traven was christened with may never be revealed to us, but as tantalizing...