To the Back of Beyond : A Novel (Paperback)

from auntmarge64

This short novel describes the lives of a married Swiss couple after the husband walks away from the home one evening. As days and weeks go by, he wanders around the country on foot while she copes with her children, family and police and tries to decide whether or not to pursue her husband or wa...

from Wassilissa

Mir ist tatsächlich nicht klar, was mir das Buch erzählt. Ein Mann geht weg, sein Familie lebt weiter. Warum er das macht, ist unklar. Natürlich kann man sich denken, dass er sein Durchschnittsleben nicht mehr leben möchte. Aber die Alternative? Und die Familie alleine zu lassen? Die Frau bleibt ...

from Othemts

A family returns from a vacation to their home in Switzerland, and after putting their kids to bed, the father and husband Thomas simply walks away from the house leaving his wife Astrid and two children behind.  The short novel alternates with scenes of Thomas hiking across the mountains and Ast...

from oldblack

A man suddenly decides to leave his wife and two children, and starts walking. This is an interesting idea, but I think it was either not really developed as far as it could have been - or else I wasn't able to really understand the points the author was making. In either case, the books left me ...