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The Detour

When a young man out walking with his dog injures himself and stumbles upon the remote farm rented by the mysterious Emilie, does he know what he is getting himself into? And what will happen when her husband and the policeman arrive?

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  • "An klaren Tagen kann man in der Ferne das Meer sehen, und auf den verwunschenen Wegen rings um das alte walisische Farmhaus ist lange niemand mehr gewandert. Es ist ein schöner Flecken Erde, den Agnes sich als Versteck ausgesucht hat. Die Gedanken an das, was sie von Amsterdam vertrieben hat, ihr ahnungsloser Mann, der junge Student, vor allem aber die verstörende Angst vor dem Kommenden, lassen sich so leichter im Zaum halten. Nur manchmal wird ihr alles zuviel: dass der Fuchs sich eine Gans nach der andern holt oder dass der grobe Nachbarsfarmer schon morgens um neun in Socken vor ihr sitzt. Da nistet sich eines Tages der junge Bradwen bei ihr ein. Ähnlich wie Agnes gibt er kaum etwas über seine Vergangenheit preis. Und Agnes, die nicht mit dem Rauchen aufhört, weil sie sich dafür zu krank fühlt, stellt fest: Vorsicht und Zurückhaltung sind nur etwas für die Gesunden."
  • "When a young man out walking with his dog injures himself and stumbles upon the remote farm rented by the mysterious Emilie, does he know what he is getting himself into? And what will happen when her husband and the policeman arrive?"@en
  • "Een vrouw trekt zich terug op een afgelegen plek in Wales, terwijl haar echtgenoot haar op het spoor probeert te komen."
  • "Een ongeneeslijk zieke vrouw trekt zich terug op een afgelegen plek in Wales, terwijl haar echtgenoot haar op het spoor probeert te komen."
  • ""A woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. An Emily Dickinson scholar, she has fled Amsterdam, having just confessed to an affair. On the farm she finds ten geese. One by one they disappear. Who is this woman? Will her husband manage to find her? The young man who stays the night : Why won't he leave? And the vanishing geese? Set against a stark and pristine landscape, and with a seductive blend of solace and menace, this novel of stealth intrigue summons from a woman's silent longing fugitive moments of profound beauty and compassion." --from back cover."
  • ""He had never seen her like that before. Awesomely beautiful, like a tree or bush that produces as much blossom or as many flowers as possible the year before it dies." A woman abandons her home in Holland without a word, leaving behind an impervious husband, mystified parents, and an unfinished thesis on reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. Across the sea in Britain, she arrives at an isolated cottage in the shadow of a mountain. She settles there, alone in the ancient landscape, her only contact coming from animals she encounters, a handful of wary locals, and her poetry books."@en
  • "A young woman flees Amsterdam and rents a farm in rural Wales where ten geese on the farm slowly disappear and speculation arises about her identity and her marital situation."
  • "Have you ever wanted to disappear and make a new life for yourself where no one knows your name' Ten White Geese is the eagerly anticipated, internationally bestselling new novel by the winner of the world's richest literary prize for a single work of fiction. Fans of Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses or Paul Harding's Tinkers may find in Ten White Geese a new novel to fall in love with. A woman rents a remote farm in rural Wales. She says her name is Emilie. An Emily Dickinson scholar, she has fled Amsterdam, having just confessed to an affair. On the farm she finds ten geese. One by one they disappear. Who is this woman' Will her husband manage to find her' The young man who stays the night: why won't he leave' And the vanishing geese' Set against a stark and pristine landscape, and with a seductive blend of solace and menace, this novel of stealth intrigue summons from a woman's silent longing fugitive moments of profound beauty and compassion."@en
  • "A woman abandons her home in Holland without a word, leaving behind an impervious husband, mystified parents, and an unfinished thesis on reclusive poet Emily Dickson. Across the sea in Britain, she arrives at an isolated cottage in the shadow of a mountain. She settles there, alone in the ancient landscape, her only contact coming from the animals she encounters, a handful of wary locals, and her poetry books. But what is she fleeing? And will her new home provide redemption, or lead her further into darkness?"

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"

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  • "Deu oques blanques"
  • "Dolambaç"
  • "Der Umweg : Roman"
  • "Omvejen : roman"@da
  • "De omweg"
  • "Dolamba̧c : roman"
  • "Le détour : roman"
  • "Der Umweg Roman"
  • "Omvejen"
  • "De omweg : roman"
  • "Diez gansos blancos"
  • "De omweg roman"
  • "Diez gansos blancos"@es
  • "Le détour"
  • "The Detour"@en
  • "Der Umweg"
  • "The detour"@en
  • "The detour"
  • "Ten white geese : a novel"
  • "Ten white geese : a novel"@en

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