Against the World
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Author
Contributions
- Katy Derbyshire - Translator
Publication
2016 - University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Word Count
220,500 words, Guess
Page Count
882 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100857423371
- ISBN-139780857423375
- OCLC Control Number921865716
- Better World Books9780857423375
- Open LibraryOL35510373M
Classifications
- LCCPT2702.R35
- LCCPT2702.R35 G4513 2016
Description
Set in the East Friesia region of Germany in the mid-1970s, 'Against the World' tells the story of Daniel Kuper, the nominal heir to a drugstore dynasty, and his struggle to free himself from the petty suspicions and violence of small-town life. A delicate, secretive boy with too much imagination and too few opportunities, he becomes the target of outrage and fear when strange phenomena convulse the town: snowfall in summer, inexplicable corn circles, a boy dead under the wheels of a train, swastikas crudely daubed on walls. Fingers point, and they single out Kuper. The more he tries to prove his innocence, the more fierce the accusations, until his only option is open war against the village and its inhabitants.
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