by Pascal Mercier · Btb · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442734368
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«Nachtzug nach Lissabon» is the novel by Pascal Mercier, published by Btb in paperback (495 pages, in German).
Raimund Gregorius, a Latin teacher in Bern, abandons his class and takes the night train to Lisbon after finding the book of a Portuguese doctor and poet. In the city he follows the trail of that author, reconstructs his life through encounters and writings, and confronts questions about identity, solitude and the meaning of one's own decisions.
The novel was originally published in 2004 and received the Grinzane Cavour Prize 2007 in the Foreign Fiction category.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction who appreciate stories of travel, mystery and introspection.
Peter Bieri, better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, was a Swiss writer and philosopher.
