Bischoff - a career
Bischoff - a career is a novel by the German writer Theodor Schübel , published in 1987 .
action
The young, ambitious industrial clerk Bischoff successfully reaches the upper management level . In the following years his profession has absolute priority in his life planning. Years alternate with family problems, assimilation challenges within the new social elite , which initially reject the climber, internal company confrontations and general frustrations . When he finally reached the top position that his company was striving for, he did not react euphorically as expected , but rather with sober serenity.
background
Before starting his writing career, Thomas Schübel himself worked in the management level of a large company, so that he was familiar with the internal mechanisms. The theme of the novel fitted into the social climate of the Kohl era .
criticism
"A gripping novel from business life: that is also available [...] And on a remarkable narrative level: Schübel, born in 1925, previously known as a theater and television author, sometimes achieves a downright Fontane calm and clarity."
expenditure
- Thomas Schübel: Bischoff - a career . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, 349 pages, ISBN 3-426-19143-1
- Thomas Schübel: Bischoff - a career . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, 349 pages, ISBN 978-3426191439