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Young Light
Ralf Rothmann
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Description for Young Light
Hardcover. Paints a portrait of a twelve-year-old boy named Julian growing up in a mining community in 1960s Germany. This book covers only a few summer weeks, following Julian's gradual social and sexual awakening amidst his parents' financial and marital problems. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 466.
In "Young Light", novelist Ralf Rothmann paints a delicate portrait of a twelve-year-old boy named Julian growing up in a mining community in 1960s Germany. The book covers only a few summer weeks, following Julian's gradual social and sexual awakening amidst his parents' financial and marital problems. Avoiding any overt drama in the description of the boy's predicaments and observations, Rothmann instead creates a quiet sense of hope and new beginnings. His subtle, restrained prose captures the unarticulated, yet increasingly conscious feelings of the boy as he approaches the end of childhood, but still remains very remote from the adult ... Read more
In "Young Light", novelist Ralf Rothmann paints a delicate portrait of a twelve-year-old boy named Julian growing up in a mining community in 1960s Germany. The book covers only a few summer weeks, following Julian's gradual social and sexual awakening amidst his parents' financial and marital problems. Avoiding any overt drama in the description of the boy's predicaments and observations, Rothmann instead creates a quiet sense of hope and new beginnings. His subtle, restrained prose captures the unarticulated, yet increasingly conscious feelings of the boy as he approaches the end of childhood, but still remains very remote from the adult ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Seagull World Literature
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906497545
SKU
V9781906497545
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About Ralf Rothmann
Ralf Rothmann is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist, whose novels have been translated into several languages. His most recent novel translated into English was Knife Edge. Wieland Hoban is a British composer who lives in Germany. He has translated several works from the German, including many by Theodor W. Adorno.
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