Alte Nester (German)
Raabe
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Description
Returning home after long years away tests Raabe's characters in Alte Nester, given here in German. Old Nests follows men and women circling back to family and the places that shaped them. Time has changed everything and nothing, which is the novel's tender problem.
Old friendships revive, old wounds reopen, and the nests of the title prove both shelter and trap. Raabe writes with mature wisdom and gentle irony, never mocking the homesickness he portrays. Reconciliation comes slowly, where it comes at all. The novel satisfies deeply as a story about roots and what they cost. German readers rank it high among his later works, and its warmth explains why.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raabe |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 530318 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |