The Most Wonderful Time in Life
A novel
Coming of Age
Robert is on the cusp of adulthood. Constant fights with his father, a worried mother, his friends and parties at the disco, a blossoming first love and the exhausting civilian service – only when he meets Mrs Sternheim, a Holocaust survivor, does Robert find his way into another world. The old lady opens his eyes to literature and encourages him to go his own way. When an accident happens, Robert has to decide where he wants to search for his freedom. An effortless, yet powerful novel about both happiness and misery in youth.
Johano Strasser at the height of his storytelling
Johano Strasser, born in 1939 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, has been living in Germany since 1945. He has a degree in political science and has worked as a freelance writer and publicist since 1983. In 2002, he became presi-dent of the German PEN. He lives at Lake Starnberg in Upper Bavaria. Apart from numerous volumes of essays and anthologies, he also published several novels, most recently Bossa Nova. A Provincial Novel (2008).
Coming of Age
Robert is on the cusp of adulthood. Constant fights with his father, a worried mother, his friends and parties at the disco, a blossoming first love and the exhausting civilian service – only when he meets Mrs Sternheim, a Holocaust survivor, does Robert find his way into another world. The old lady opens his eyes to literature and encourages him to go his own way. When an accident happens, Robert has to decide where he wants to search for his freedom. An effortless, yet powerful novel about both happiness and misery in youth.
Johano Strasser at the height of his storytelling
Johano Strasser, born in 1939 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, has been living in Germany since 1945. He has a degree in political science and has worked as a freelance writer and publicist since 1983. In 2002, he became presi-dent of the German PEN. He lives at Lake Starnberg in Upper Bavaria. Apart from numerous volumes of essays and anthologies, he also published several novels, most recently Bossa Nova. A Provincial Novel (2008).
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