by Siegfried Lenz · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423129152
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«Arnes Nachlass» is the novel by Siegfried Lenz, published by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback (206 pages, in German).
The narrator, Hans, must pack up the belongings of Arne Hellmer, a young man with whom he shared a room for two years. As he goes through his things, he reconstructs the life of a boy marked by family tragedy, withdrawn and in need of affection. Set in the port of Hamburg and its shipyards, the novel deals with friendship, loss and the search for meaning.
The original German title, «Arnes Nachlaß», uses the traditional spelling with ß. This edition is number 17 of the dtv collection (volume 12915).
For readers of contemporary German fiction and coming-of-age stories, including students of German.
Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
