Omaneo

Neuss, today. At seventy, Dieter Winter stakes everything he has left on one honest espresso machine - and names his small brand after a soft, singing word he believes is a greeting to his mother: omaneo.Neuss, 1954. A young man from Naples brings an espresso machine and colour into a grey café by the market square. He calls the innkeeper's daughter Hanna omaneo in his song - and vanishes before spring comes.Two times, one word that knows more than those who speak it. A story about origins, craft, and what keeps us warm. The middle volume of the omaneo Saga - with a happy ending.With vignettes, character plates and a frontispiece.

Neuss, today. At seventy, Dieter Winter stakes everything he has left on one honest espresso machine - and names his small brand after a soft, singing word he believes is a greeting to his mother: omaneo.Neuss, 1954. A young man from Naples brings an espresso machine and colour into a grey café by the market square. He calls the innkeeper's daughter Hanna omaneo in his song - and vanishes before spring comes.Two times, one word that knows more than those who speak it. A story about origins, craft, and what keeps us warm. The middle volume of the omaneo Saga - with a happy ending.With vignettes, character plates and a frontispiece.