In the Congo

by Urs Widmer

Book Overview

Kuno, a male nurse in a Swiss retirement home, has a new inmate: his father. In the confines of their new home, the pair does something surprising--they finally begin to talk. Kuno had always regarded his father as a boring man without a history or a destiny, until they are thrust together and he learns that his father risked his life in the war. Stunned, Kuno embarks on a journey into his own psyche, taking him to the depths of the Congo. Here, longings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857423150
• ISBN13: 9780857423153
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 3.9" x 9.4"