Oliver Kalkofe - Nie war Früher schöner als Jetzt

A boomer looks back to the future - Boomer boy Oliver Kalkofe on the traces of his time

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

Is that really true? Or have our gracious brains simply deleted a few unpleasant details from the memory album called "The good old days"? For example, the physically palpable boredom, the cigarette smoke in the beastly cramped vacation car, mullets and perms on everyone's heads, stuffy paneled party basements, pet hedgehogs and only two TV channels with closing time.

In his new book, SPIEGEL bestselling author Oliver Kalkofe opens up his boomer heart and his personal photo albums. He takes us on a journey back in time to his own youth and asks himself 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 is it even possible to understand the present without the past?

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 ourselves silly in the 70s, 80s and the years surrounding them - or were we lucky enough to grow up in the best decades of all?

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