To the back of beyond

Peter Stamm

Original title: Weit über das Land

earliest edition we have, 2016 Other Press, 2017 139 pages

Happily married with two children and a comfortable home in a Swiss town, Thomas and Astrid enjoy a glass of wine in their garden on a night like any other. Called back to the house by their son's cries, Astrid goes inside, expecting her husband to join her in a bit. But Thomas gets up and, after a brief moment of hesitation, opens the gate and walks out. No longer bound by the ties of his everyday life--family, frie...

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Weit über das Land hardcover · 2018 · FISCHER Taschenbuch · 9783596521746
To the back of beyond edition · 2017 · Other Press · 139 pages · 9781590518281
Weit über das Land paperback · 2017 · FISCHER Taschenbuch · 224 pages · 9783596031269
Weit über das Land hardcover · 2016 · S. FISCHER · 224 pages · 9783100022271

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