by Rachel Joyce · Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596195367
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«Die unwahrscheinliche Pilgerreise des Harold Fry» is the novel by Rachel Joyce, published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback (383 pages, in German).
Harold Fry, an English retiree, sets out to post a letter to Queenie Hennessy, a former colleague who is dying, and ends up walking about a thousand kilometres from the south of England to the Scottish border. Over 87 days he meets strangers and reviews his life, in a story of secrets, love, loyalty and reconciliation.
First instalment of the «Harold Fry» trilogy. Originally published in English in 2012 as «The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry»; translation by Maria Andreas-Hoole.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction, especially stories of travel, reconciliation and second chances.
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Rachel Joyce is a British writer. She has written plays for BBC Radio 4, and jointly won the 2007 Tinniswood Award for her radio play To Be a Pilgrim. Her debut novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, was on the longlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, and in December 2012 she was awarded the "New Writer of the Year" award by the National Book Awards for this book.
