The connoisseur of love / Gary Forrester.
"Peter Becker, a German immigrant, is not entirely at home in his adopted city, but there's no place on earth he'd rather be. Neither Peter nor Wellington will last forever, and each is acutely aware of this bittersweet reality. An eccentric public servant, estranged from his fam...
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| Language: | English |
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Wellington, N.Z. :
Steele Roberts Aotearoa,
[2011]
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| Summary: | "Peter Becker, a German immigrant, is not entirely at home in his adopted city, but there's no place on earth he'd rather be. Neither Peter nor Wellington will last forever, and each is acutely aware of this bittersweet reality. An eccentric public servant, estranged from his family, Peter stalks Wellington's second-hand shops and cafés, cycles its streets, battles on its tennis courts, and performs his music - never quite connecting with anyone or anything. The Germans, as you might expect, have a word for Peter's underlying sense that all is not well: Torschlusspanik - literally, 'gate-closing panic' - or in his case, the angst of growing older as life's options narrow. Not that long ago, he seemed to have all the time in the world. Now his world is shrinking, and grace has not arrived"--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Novel by an American author. |
| Physical Description: | 152 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 1877577723 9781877577727 |