Devotion
by Botho Strauss
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Richard Schroubeck, a Berlin bookseller in his early thirties, has entered a devastating time in his life. His girlfriend, Hannah, has left him, and Richard does not know why. Introspective, egotistic, and terribly dependent, Richard is sure Hannah will return, if only because he cannot live without her. He withdraws to his apartment, pouring out his guilt and hopes into writing. For weeks he quits bathing and shaving, and takes a perverse delight in his heroic despair. Though he is certain show more that absolution will come when Hannah returns, he comes, in time, to realize that the constant writing has become his true devotion. show lessTags
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Botho Strauss, one of Germany's most controversial writers, writes of a Germany hobbled by her past and drifting toward dehumanization. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title*
- Omistus
- Original title
- Die Widmung
- Original publication date
- 1977 (original German) (original German); 1995 (English translation) (English translation)
- People/Characters*
- Richard Schroubek; Hannah; Fritz; Frau N. (Putzfrau)
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- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
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