Jimmy walks towards the rainbow

Author: Ziemel
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Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Ziemel, a renowned contemporary Austrian writer, was born in Vienna in 1924 and is one of the most beloved best-selling authors in German-speaking countries since World War II. His novels are close to the times, critical of social evils, highly readable, yet possess considerable depth. They have been translated and introduced into 35 countries, with a total print run of 73 million copies, and have been adapted into films almost entirely. Ziemel was awarded the first-class Austrian Medal of Science and Art and the United Nations Outstanding Writer Award in 1991. Writer Heym highly praised Ziemel, calling him " of our time."
"The Path to the Rainbow," a phrase that deciphers a divine secret code. In Vienna, Valerie, burdened by misfortune, poisoned an Argentine chemist and entrepreneur, Aranda, who had come for an international conference, and then took his own life. Aranda's son, Manuel, arrives to handle the affairs, only to discover that he himself narrowly escapes death. He strongly desires to uncover the deeper secrets of his father's death, meets and falls in love with Valerie's niece, Irene, only to find that her own background is shrouded in mystery.
A life story full of twists and turns: decades of storms and struggles, decades of grievances and resentments, intertwined with the absurdity of the times and woven into the mockery of history. Valerie goes to great lengths to save his son from the persecution of the Nazi race cleansing, yet in the end, it's all for nothing. The great powers are racing to develop highly effective biochemical weapons, and the spy games they play, one-upmanship and intrigue—what a bizarre world it is!