From his boyhood in Germany, toward the end of WWII, to his settlement in Australia, Mark grows through his experience of illness and the premature death of people close to him. As a young man, succcessful at university, he must confront death among his friends as he steps into the independence of his maturity.
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Paperback. Etat : Good. 320 pages. spine faded, text tanned, ex-libraryThis book explores migration as a rite of passage. It is the story of Mark, a bo y growing up in southern Denmark and northern Germany toward the end of WWII. Af ter the death of his mother, Mark migrates to Australia where his first home is the Bonnegilla migrant camp. Mark is offered a clerical position at Melbourne Un iversity, and later enrolls as a student. The story ends with Mark finally recei ving what he interprets as a call to life. It is as if, after the often harrowin g hard work of growing up and settling into a new country, he feels he is about to set off into the independence of his future. N° de réf. du vendeur 5736ag
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