German Lessons - Softcover

Donaghue, Kieran

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975235230 ISBN 13: 9780975235232

Verlag: Palaver, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

A novel in which the events take place during the period Autumn 1932 - Spring 1933. Frank Hannaford, a young Australian from a sheltered Catholic background, is searching for a deeper version of himself in 1930s Germany. At the university and in an organisation of young Catholic men he finds friendship and a new confidence in his own resources. A German identity begins to form, surprising and delighting him. But he also struggles with the unexpected possibilities of love, and with political events and commitments he does not fully understand. The Nazis come to power, previously strong opposition from the Catholic Church evaporates, and Frank is left floundering, at odds both with himself and with the young woman whose friendship he most values.

A Bildungsroman set in a time of social and political upheaval.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kieran studied philosophy in Australia, the United States and Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. He taught for a short period at the Australian National University, then spent nearly twenty years working for the Australian Government's overseas aid program. During this time he made numerous visits to countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, learning much from local people and from many fine aid workers dedicated to improving the lives of others. Praying for Sunlight, Waiting for Rain has its genesis in the visits Kieran made as an aid official to the highlands of Papua New Guinea.Further biographical details, along with information about Kieran's first novel, German Lessons, and his contribution to an anthology on the 2019-20 Australian bushfires, Continent Aflame: Responses to an Australian Catastrophe, can be found at: www.kierandonaghue.com

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Palaver
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0975235230
• ISBN 13: 9780975235232
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: preigu; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; 49078; Deutschland