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A bomb is discovered in a provincial Austrian village station. Next to it is a note that says simply "Repent!", but no one takes it seriously, not even the police. Then a teacher in the village thinks he recognises his favourite pupil Daniel on a wanted poster. The teacher befriended Daniel when they spent a summer together at his house by the river, but Daniel has been growing increasingly obsessive of fate, losing himself in religious and political dogmatism after a trip to Israel. For his teacher, this marks the start of a spiral of introspection and self doubt, reinforced by his inability to feel at home anywhere after spending several years in Istanbul. What's more, he is suddenly swamped by memories of the pivotal moments of his own adolescence, which floor him completely. Was it Daniel's love for Judith and his fascination with an American fire-and-brimstone evangelist who is passing through on his way to Jerusalem or could it have been the complex relationship between the two of them that led the boy astray? Norbert Gstrein examines the crucial decisions we take as we start out in life and the omnipresent reference points of childhood. This is a moving and absorbing story, told by an unparalleled author at the height of his powers

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Sense of the Beginning
• Author: Norbert Gstrein
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780857053589
• ISBN: 0857053582
• ID: 09387334
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Weight: 420 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 234 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. September 2016

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