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Nach Hause schwimmen
“Swimming Home” (title translated by AI)
Rolf Lappert (born 1958)
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Wilbur's mother dies giving birth to him, his father makes off, and his first home is an incubator. Only when his grandparents take him in does he learn what home means. But the happiness does not last: his best friend is sent to a reform school, and his grandmother dies in an accident. Weary of a life that has battered him so much, Wilbur, who cannot swim, drifts through a broad current of stories full of odd characters, flowing forwards and backwards, while the charming Aimee sets out to teach him to look for happiness where it lies right in front of him.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 543 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2008 by Carl Hanser Verlag
- Author's age
- 50 when first published
- ISBN
9783446209923 (original)
- More
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