| The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt | |
| Author: | Wilhelm Genazino |
| Title Orig: | Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag |
| Orig Lang Code: | de |
| Translator: | Philip Boehm |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Publisher: | Carl Hanser Verlag |
| Pub Date: | 2001 |
| English Pub Date: | 1 June 2006 |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Isbn: | 9783446200494 |
The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt (de|Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag) is a 2001 novel by the German writer Wilhelm Genazino. It is a flâneur novel about a man who works for a high-end shoe company and encounters various people from his past in Frankfurt.
The book became a bestseller in Germany and a late breakthrough for Genazino, who was approaching his 60s at the time.[1] It was published in English translation by Philip Boehm in 2006.[2]