Oliver Kalkofe - N i e w a r F r ü h e r s c h ö n e r a l s j e t z t

Never was the past more beautiful than now

A boomer looks back to the future | Boomer boy Oliver Kalkofe on the trail of his time

his time

We didn't have anything, but we had a lot more of it. It was actually a wonderful time.

time.

Is that really true? Or have our gracious brains simply removed a few unpleasant details from the memory album

called "The good old days" have simply deleted a few unpleasant details from the mental hard disk?

hard disk? Like, for example, the physically palpable boredom, the

cigarette smoke in the beastly cramped vacation car, mullets and perms on everyone's heads, stuffy

heads, stuffy paneled party cellars, pet hedgehogs and only two television

television programs with closing time.

A fabulous boomer boy on the trail of time - the new book by SPIEGEL-

bestselling author

In his new book, Oliver Kalkofe opens up his boomer heart and his personal photo albums.

photo albums. He takes us on a journey back in time to his own youth and asks himself on behalf of all baby boomers

on behalf of all baby boomers: Was there really more tinsel in the past? What does the

past have to do with the present - and can the present be understood without the past?

understand the past at all?

Personal and funny: a satirical parody with heart

Oliver Kalkofe analyzes the supposedly golden boomer times with proven

drastic comedy and sophisticated wordplay. In doing so, he puts himself and an entire

generation in front of the mirror: Were the idiots back then really any smarter than they are today?

Are we ultimately just drinking the 70s, 80s and the years surrounding them to ourselves - or

were we lucky enough to grow up in the best decades of our lives?