Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, translated by Barbara Harshav
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Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, translated by Barbara Harshav, is about the paths we take in our lives, the regrets we carry, and the desire to connect with something or someone outside of ourselves. Raimund Gregorius is a Swiss classical languages teacher in Bern, who has cloistered himself among his texts and his classes to the detriment of his marriage and his social life. He's governed by a routine existence that is abruptly changed one morning on the way to the lycée. His love of language and learning takes him on an unexpected journey into the language and heart of Lisbon as seen through the eyes of Amadeu de Prado, a young doctor caught up in a test of his principals like none other at the time of the
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, translated by Barbara Harshav
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier…
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, translated by Barbara Harshav
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, translated by Barbara Harshav, is about the paths we take in our lives, the regrets we carry, and the desire to connect with something or someone outside of ourselves. Raimund Gregorius is a Swiss classical languages teacher in Bern, who has cloistered himself among his texts and his classes to the detriment of his marriage and his social life. He's governed by a routine existence that is abruptly changed one morning on the way to the lycée. His love of language and learning takes him on an unexpected journey into the language and heart of Lisbon as seen through the eyes of Amadeu de Prado, a young doctor caught up in a test of his principals like none other at the time of the