num_pages: 201
description: Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind's love for humanity and inspires him once again to find joy in the smallest details of every life.
language: English
title: Peter Camenzind
titlecomplete: Peter Camenzind
characters: Rösi Girtanner, Boppi, Konrad Camenzind, Peter Camenzind, Richard, Annunziata Nardini, Erminia Aglietti, Elizabeth, Mr. Camenzind Senior
genres: Germany, 20th Century, Nobel Prize, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 7331
places: Umbria, Paris, Zurich, Basel, Assisi, Umbria, Florence, Tuscany, Nimikon, Milan, Lombardy
publisher: Picador