Bibliograph

Traveler of the century, Andrés Neuman ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

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Label

Traveler of the century, Andrés Neuman ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Traveler of the century

Oclc number

740627519

Responsibility statement

Andrés Neuman ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

Summary

Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate{u2014}on identity and what it is that defines us{u2014}from which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it

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