| Description |
436 pages ; 20 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
Raimund Gregorious, Mundus, as his students affectionately call him, is a predictable character. A bookish Latin professor, well-respected, perhaps a little boring. One stormy morning, he encounters a beautiful, distraught Portuguese woman in a red leather coat. Later that day Raimund will realise: that moment changed everything. All of a sudden, nothing in his life feels right. His restlessness is fuelled further when he happens to find a book by a little known Portuguese writer, Amadeo de Prado. The appearance of the mysterious woman, and Prado's prescient words, all seem to tell him the same thing: that he must leave everything behind. And so, early the next morning, he packs a bag and boards the night train to Lisbon on a restless journey across Europe and deep within himself in the hope of discovering somewhere, someone, who makes him feel alive and connected to himself and the world once more |
| Notes |
Translation from the German |
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Originally published in Germany in 2004 |
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Translation from the German |
| Subject |
Authors, Portuguese -- Fiction.
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College teachers -- Fiction.
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College teachers -- Travel -- Europe -- Fiction.
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Self-realization -- Fiction.
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Teachers -- Travel -- Europe -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Reading nook.
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Novels.
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| Author |
Harshav, Barbara, 1940- translator
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| ISBN |
9781843547136 (paperback) |
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