In a Deep Blue Hour - Stamm, Peter
16,99 €
inkl. MwSt.

Erscheint vorauss. 18. März 2025
payback
8 °P sammeln
  • Broschiertes Buch

"A documentary filmmaker uncovers the secrets of an enigmatic author in this subtly enthralling novel from "one of Europe's most exciting writers" (New York Times Book Review). For days, documentary filmmaker Andrea and her team have been waiting for Richard Wechsler in his Swiss hometown. During their first shoots in Paris, the famous writer had not wanted to reveal much about himself, and now the whole film threatens to fail. In the narrow streets and alleys of the village, Andrea searches for traces of Wechsler's life, contrary to their agreement. But it is not until she starts reading his…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
"A documentary filmmaker uncovers the secrets of an enigmatic author in this subtly enthralling novel from "one of Europe's most exciting writers" (New York Times Book Review). For days, documentary filmmaker Andrea and her team have been waiting for Richard Wechsler in his Swiss hometown. During their first shoots in Paris, the famous writer had not wanted to reveal much about himself, and now the whole film threatens to fail. In the narrow streets and alleys of the village, Andrea searches for traces of Wechsler's life, contrary to their agreement. But it is not until she starts reading his books again that she discovers a clue to a childhood sweetheart who might still be living there. An old love who influenced his whole life, but whom no one ever knew about"--
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Autorenporträt
Peter Stamm is the author of the novels The Archive of Feelings, The Sweet Indifference of the World, To the Back of Beyond, All Days Are Night, Seven Years, On a Day Like This, Unformed Landscape, and Agnes, and the short-story collections It’s Getting Dark, We’re Flying, and In Strange Gardens and Other Stories. His award-winning books have been translated into more than forty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, and in 2014 he won the prestigious Friedrich Hölderlin Prize. He lives in Switzerland. Michael Hofmann has translated the work of Gottfried Benn, Hans Fallada, Franz Kafka, Joseph Roth, and many others. In 2012 he was awarded the Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His One Lark, One Horse: Poems was published in 2019, Where Have You Been? Selected Essays in 2014, and Selected Poems in 2009. He lives in Florida and London.