by Peter Stamm · S Fischer Verlag GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783100022271
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«Weit über das Land» is the contemporary novel by Peter Stamm, published by S. Fischer Verlag in hardcover (222 pages, in German).
Thomas leaves behind his wife and children and disappears without explanation. Astrid first wonders where he has gone, then when he will return, and finally whether he is still alive. The novel explores the desire to escape and start anew, and raises the question of what to do with one's own life.
The novel, published on February 25, 2016, was included in the longlist for the Deutscher Buchpreis that year.
For readers of contemporary fiction and German literature interested in the portrayal of family life, marriage, and the urge to flee.
Peter Stamm is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2013, and in 2014 he won the prestigious Friedrich Hölderlin Prize.
