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The Last Country
Svenja Leiber
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Description for The Last Country
Hardback. Translator(s): Knight, Nika. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Winner of the 2015 Arno Reinfrank Literaturpreis Ruven Preuk stands apart from the village, on an August day in 1911, and listens. Thus begins an epic bildungsroman about the life of Ruven Preuk, son of the wainwright, child of a sleepy village in Germany's north, where life is both simple and harsh. Ruven, though, is neither. He has the ability to see sounds, leading him to discover an uncanny gift for the violin. When he meets a talented teacher in the city's Jewish quarter, Ruven falls under the spell of a prodigious future. But as the twentieth century looms, ... Read more
Winner of the 2015 Arno Reinfrank Literaturpreis Ruven Preuk stands apart from the village, on an August day in 1911, and listens. Thus begins an epic bildungsroman about the life of Ruven Preuk, son of the wainwright, child of a sleepy village in Germany's north, where life is both simple and harsh. Ruven, though, is neither. He has the ability to see sounds, leading him to discover an uncanny gift for the violin. When he meets a talented teacher in the city's Jewish quarter, Ruven falls under the spell of a prodigious future. But as the twentieth century looms, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
SB-The German List
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857424310
SKU
V9780857424310
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About Svenja Leiber
Svenja Leiber is an award-winning German writer. She is the author of a collection of short stories, Hunting Hours, and the novel Schipino. She lives with her husband and two children in Berlin. Nika Knight is a translator and writer living in southern Maine.
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