{"product_id":"der-letzte-liftboy","title":"The Last Bellboy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Last Liftboy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Secret of 714\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\u003cbr\u003eHenriette von Meret\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eShort Description:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hotel. A vanished room. A secret that remained hidden for fifty years.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Walter Krüger begins his service as a liftboy in the venerable Hotel Mercator in 1974, he encounters a mysterious guest in room 714. The next morning, the man is gone – and no one seems to remember him.\u003cbr\u003eFive decades later, Walter is on the verge of retirement. When a young colleague discovers that room 714 has disappeared from the hotel plans, a journey into the past begins. Together, they follow the traces of a story that should never have been told.\u003cbr\u003eA moving novel about memory, truth, and the question of which stories endure through time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDetailed Description:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Krüger never wanted to be anything special. As a young man in 1974, he began his work as a liftboy at the Hotel Mercator, a traditional grand hotel in the middle of a major German city. On his third day of work, he encounters a guest who will change his life forever.\u003cbr\u003eThe man stays in room 714.\u003cbr\u003eThe next morning, he is gone.\u003cbr\u003eHis name does not appear on any guest list. His documents are missing. Even the room itself later seems never to have existed.\u003cbr\u003eWalter remains the only one who remembers.\u003cbr\u003eWhile the world changes – from radio to fax machines and the internet to artificial intelligence – Walter remains loyal to his hotel. He observes people, collects memories, and records small stories in his notebooks.\u003cbr\u003eOnly shortly before his retirement does young communications manager Lea Neumann notice an oddity: room 714 is missing from the modern hotel plans.\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they begin to unravel a decades-old mystery.\u003cbr\u003eTheir search leads to forgotten heroes, vanished truths, and the realization that stories are only lost when no one is willing to retell them.\u003cbr\u003e\"The Last Liftboy – The Secret of 714\" is an atmospheric novel about memory, time, humanity, and the evolution of communication over five decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenriette von Meret\u003cbr\u003eHenriette von Meret writes about people, memories, and the stories hidden between the lines of life.\u003cbr\u003eHer novels connect past and present and tell of people who are often overlooked, yet whose stories are of timeless significance.\u003cbr\u003eThe idea for \"The Last Liftboy – The Secret of 714\" arose from the question of what happens when memories disappear and no one is left to preserve them.\u003cbr\u003eIn an age where information is increasingly available, Henriette von Meret tells of something no search engine can replace: human memory.\u003cbr\u003eWhy this book was written\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a tribute to the people behind the scenes.\u003cbr\u003eTo those who observe instead of being in the spotlight.\u003cbr\u003eTo professions that have disappeared.\u003cbr\u003eTo stories that were almost lost.\u003cbr\u003eAnd to the realization that truth often doesn't survive in archives, but in people's memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jede Seite ein Abenteuer. ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57121610858761,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/7917\/6201\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-06-10at10.23.08.jpg?v=1781117474","url":"https:\/\/jedeseiteeinabenteuer.com\/en\/products\/der-letzte-liftboy","provider":"Jede Seite ein Abenteuer. ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}