To the back of beyond
Stamm, Peter, 1963-2017
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After returning from a pleasant holiday with his wife, Astrid, and their two children, Thomas leaves the house. He walks down the street, and he keeps on walking. At first Astrid asks herself where he's gone, and then when he's coming back, and finally whether he is even still alive. In precise and hypnotic prose that cuts as cleanly as a scalpel, To the Back of Beyond is a novel that takes away the safe foundations of a marriage and a lifestyle to ask deeper questions about identity, connection and how free we are to change our lives. It is a graceful and resonant work from one of Europe's most important writers.
To the back of beyond / Peter Stamm ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.
Stamm, Peter, 1963-, authorHofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25-, translator
London : Granta, 2017.©2017
139 pages ; 22 cm.
Originally published in German as Weit über das Land in 2016.Translated from the German.
9781783783298 (paperback)178378329X (paperback)
833.92
EnglishGerman
310686
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