Homecoming
A Novel
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Growing up with his mother in Germany, Peter Debauer knows little about his father, an apparent victim of the Second World War. But when he stumbles upon a few pages from a long-lost novel, Peter embarks on a quest that leads him across Europe to the United States, chasing fragments of a story within a story and a master of disguises who may or may not exist. Homecoming is a tale of fathers and sons, men and women, war and peace. It reveals the humanity that survives the trauma of war and the ongoing possibility for redemption.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Peter Dabauer's determined search for an author and the ending of a book marks the starting point for his own literary journey, but his answers yield only more questions in Schlink's new novel. Dabauer's life symbolically resembles the book's exploits while he is further befuddled by increasing discoveries about his own path and its connection to the potential author. Like all quests, his is not particularly linear and he is often interrupted by his own present-day tribulations. Paul Michael keeps readers enthralled with a soft and mellow voice that connects words and sentences fluidly. He instills Dabauer's first-person tone with a light Germanic accent, which personalizes Dabauer to listeners. Simultaneous release with the Pantheon hardcover (Reviews, Oct. 15, 2007).
Customer Reviews
Time to come home with this book!
I was introduced to this fantastic writer when I was in college, to his most famous work, the Reader, I bought this wonderful book while abroad, I was wonderfully pleased to find this book to be equally ingeniously written, and has made me a true fan. I have paperbacks of both books, and other books of his, but I noticed that there were no reviews of this amazing book and I felt compelled!
Schlink builds us an adventure that is a true page turner and he has a masterful style that has made him my favored writer.