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from German, this novel begins in Switzerland where Raimi ind Gregorius teaches classical languages at a high school. A chance encounter shakes him from his longentrenched habits of instruction and study and sends him on a physical, intellectual, and emotional journey
Author Mercier provides the reader with an insightful and sympathetic understanding of Gregorius, his depths and his apparent absolute predictability. So when, late in his career, he uproots himself from his life in Bern, walks out of his classroom, decides to learn Portuguese, and takes a train to Lisbon, the reader joins him with astonishment and trepidation. A collection of essays by a Portuguese doctor found in a used book store, drives Gregorius and the reader with him to discover the life of the man who wrote such engaging and compelling “peusees'* His investigation leads Kim to knock on many doors as he meets the doctor’s spinster
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