A 10th-century Chinese mandarin travels to the 20th Century in his time machine, and writes letters home reporting on the strange land of `Zha-ma-ni', in which he is surrounded by giants with big noses, and frightened by the iron carriages called `mo-tao-ka' We gradually realize that he is in present-day Munich, and the hapless voyager's encounters одсьщ with modern life and love make delightful reading the hapless voyager's encounters with modern life and love, make delightful reading -- Andrew Crumey in Scotland on Sunday witty, lively and idiosyncratic -- Meren Meinhardt in The Times Literary Supplement Dedalus is to be thanked for introducing us to Herbert Rosendorfer -- The Historical Novel Review.  Housema2006 г Мягкая обложка, 274 стр ISBN 1903517397.