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Silesia, 1890. A hunter shoots dead a man he despises in a moment of fury — and then runs. He runs all the way to America, to the wilderness, and to a kind of peace. But certain things follow you. Fontane at his most elemental — a novel about flight, guilt, and what you owe the dead. From Haberdash Books.
Silesia, 1890. A hunter shoots dead a man he despises in a moment of fury — and then runs. He runs all the way to America, to the wilderness, and to a kind of peace. But certain things follow you. Fontane at his most elemental — a novel about flight, guilt, and what you owe the dead. From Haberda...
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Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was the great novelist of Prussia, whose late novels rank among the finest in German literature. Known for Effi Briest, he wrote with equal power about the wilderness: Quitt (1890) is his most unusual novel, set partly in the American frontier and driven by a hunter's conscience.
Haberdash Books is dedicated to bringing overlooked works of European and world literature into English. We specialise in nineteenth and early twentieth-century fiction from lesser-translated languages and traditions.
Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was the great novelist of Prussia, whose late novels rank among the finest in German literature. Known for Effi Briest, he wrote with equal power about the wilderness: Quitt (1890) is his most unusual novel, set partly in the American frontier and driven by a hunter's ...
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