To the back of beyond
By: Peter Stamm ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann
Contributors: Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25- translator
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781590518281
Subjects: Abandoned wives; Runaway husbands; Families; Fiction
Work titles: Weit über das Land
Description: Happily married with two children and a comfortable home in a Swiss town, Thomas and Astrid enjoy a glass of wine in their garden on a night like any other. Called back to the house by their son's cries, Astrid goes inside, expecting her husband to join her in a bit. But Thomas gets up and, after a brief moment of hesitation, opens the gate and walks out. No longer bound by the ties of his everyday life--family, friends, work--Thomas begins a winding trek across the countryside, exposed as never before to the Alpine winter. At home, Astrid wonders where he's gone, when he'll come back, whether he's still alive. Following Thomas and Astrid on their separate paths, To the Back of Beyond becomes ultimately a meditation on the limits of freedom and on the craving to be wanted.
Notes: Translation of: Weit über das Land.