My Father's Book

by Urs Widmer

Book Overview

In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel My Mother's Lover, the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. Since the age of twelve, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soon after his death, his son resolves to rewrite it. Here, we get to know Karl's friends--a collection of anti-fascist painters and architects known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857425277
• ISBN13: 9780857425270
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"