Searching for Alice
Peter Arnds
ISBN 10: 1628973145 ISBN 13: 9781628973143
Edité par Dalkey Archive Press, 2018
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Abnutzung / Risse - leicht. Sehnsucht the yearning for faraway people or places. When Jonathan graduates from university with a degree in literature his father hands him two gifts: an alarm clock and the chance to work in the family business. But Jonathan has different plans. Leaving behind his eccentric family and stifling German hometown, he embarks on a hitchhiking adventure through Australia in search of Alice, an exchange student he knew back in school who left mysteriously one night without explanation. This stunning and rich debut novel is a story about coming of age and coming to terms with the past. Searching for Alice explores the lure of the open road and the joys of traversing geographic borders, language barriers, and cultural boundaries. N° de réf. du vendeur abedebe7-2e17-4d81-a423-dd3c2a6f1b39
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Sehnsucht: the yearning for faraway people or places. When Jonathan graduates from university with a degree in literature his father hands him two gifts: an alarm clock and the chance to work in the family business. But Jonathan has different plans. Leaving behind his eccentric family and stifling German hometown, he embarks on a hitchhiking adventure through Australia in search of Alice, an exchange student he knew back in school who left mysteriously one night without explanation.
This stunning and rich debut novel is a story about coming of age and coming to terms with the past. Searching for Alice explores the lure of the open road and the joys of traversing geographic borders, language barriers, and cultural boundaries.
À propos de l'auteur: Peter Arnds is the Director of Comparative Literature and Head of Italian at Trinity College Dublin. A native of Germany, he also lived in Kansas, Kabul, and Delhi. He is a member of PEN and has just finished his second novel, Detachment. He is currently working on a collection of short stories entitled The Lost Beauty of Happenstance.
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Titre : Searching for Alice
Éditeur : Dalkey Archive Press
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Softcover
Etat : Fine