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Karl-Heinz Ott

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René Zipperlen, Badische Zeitung

Karl-Heinz Ott: The Healing of Luzon

In his latest novel "The Healing of Luzon", Karl-Heinz Ott confronts his characters and questions about the last things with a ruthlessness that resonates with a deeply human irony.

Two German couples meet at a resort in the Philippines. Sheer desperation has driven them there: "incurable" was the diagnosis for one of them. They seek salvation from a miracle healer who performs operations without a scalpel in an abandoned zoo.

Bock, once a famous theater director, dreams of one last great production. Gela, his wife, has wanted to leave him for a long time. Tom and Rikka also wonder whether fate is the only thing keeping them together.

Hanser Verlag, Munich 2025, 336 pages
ISBN 978-3-446-28421-0