Manfred Miethe | The Sun Magazine

Manfred Miethe

Manfred Miethe overcame his fear of water during the six years he spent in Hawaii. He lives in Munich, Germany, where he is an editor at Connection magazine.

— From April 1992
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

A Device To Save My Life

From the inside cover of this particular book, an ad jumped out at me. I immediately knew that it would deliver me from my own enemies, most prominent among them Herr Schneider, my swimming instructor, who gave meaning to his life by ridiculing me in front of my classmates.

April 1992
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