Where Were You, Robert? - Tapa dura

An enchanting journey through time and through history, this phenomenal European bestseller is a magically evocative novel for readers of all ages. Fifteen-year-old Robert is a dreamer and one evening while he is watching television his eyes blurover and he quite literally disappears from his kitchen. He has become a time traveller. Each journey takes him further from his home and further back through the centuries, and soon he no longer holds any hope of returning . . . until he becomesa painter's apprentice in 17th century Amsterdam, where at last his photographic memory may help him to return to the future.

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is one of Germany's most eminent authors. He is also renowned as a poet and cultural critic who has been likened to Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Rorty.