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Against the World
Jan Brandt
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Description for Against the World
hardcover. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 968 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1293.
A big, ambitious, over-the-top masterpiece that was hailed an immediate classic upon first publication in German.
Set in the East Friesia region of Germany in the mid-1970s, Against the World tells the story of Daniel Kuper, the nominal heir to a drugstore dynasty, and his struggle to free himself from the petty suspicions and violence of small-town life. A delicate, secretive boy with too much imagination and too few opportunities, he becomes the target of outrage and fear when strange phenomena convulse the town: snowfall in summer, inexplicable corn circles, a boy dead under the wheels of a ... Read more
A big, ambitious, over-the-top masterpiece that was hailed an immediate classic upon first publication in German.
Set in the East Friesia region of Germany in the mid-1970s, Against the World tells the story of Daniel Kuper, the nominal heir to a drugstore dynasty, and his struggle to free himself from the petty suspicions and violence of small-town life. A delicate, secretive boy with too much imagination and too few opportunities, he becomes the target of outrage and fear when strange phenomena convulse the town: snowfall in summer, inexplicable corn circles, a boy dead under the wheels of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
968
Condition
New
Series
SB-The German List
Number of Pages
968
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423375
SKU
V9780857423375
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