A retired professor remembers the summer he first fell under the influence of an older teacher. Roland, a young student who has wasted his early years in Berlin, is sent by his father to a small university town, where he becomes devoted to a charismatic professor of English literature and moves into his house. The professor's young wife, silent and distant, adds an unsettling presence. Zweig follows the student's confusion as intimacy builds, and a hidden truth about the marriage emerges.
It is a pick for readers who enjoy short, intense fiction about mentors, secrets and the troubled feelings of youth. It is quick to read and carefully built.
Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- ISBN
- 9789726081678
- Language
- PT
