
A sweeping, powerful novel about a man forced to come to terms with the memory of his lost love.Erneste is the perfect waiter―and his private life seems to embody the qualities he brings to his profession. But inwardly this polite and dignified man is in the grip of a violent passion, aroused thirty years before, when he fell in love with a young waiter-in-training named Jakob. Jakob broke his hea...
Hardcover: 211 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition (April 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596914114
ISBN-13: 978-1596914117
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.9 x 7.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 2454859
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I had time to read this book over a short period (2 consecutive days) however it will stay with me for a long while. The language in this story is handsomely crafted and vividly descriptive. I understand that the translation from the German is excell...
fled Nazidominated Europe for a new life in America with his lover, Julius Klinger, a celebrated German intellectual. Nursing his wounds, Erneste slinks even deeper into his well-ordered world, hardening into what had only previously been a role. And then, after decades of silence, he receives a letter from a distraught and penniless Jakob asking for help. And Ernest must decide if he will finally take action. Set against the backdrop of a genteel Swiss hotel, and moving skillfully between two time periods, this exquisitely written story of a lifelong passion is rich in tension and emotion, exploring the nature of love and betrayal, memory, and regret.