Rapids

by Patrick Boltshauser, Hisaki Matsuura, Peter O Arnds (Translator)

Overview

A sideways view of "coming of age," "Rapids" is the story of a young man who moves to a strange city and finds himself lost in its warren of streets and squares. He is looking for his own identity—personal, political, sexual. A series of encounters culminates with his meeting Anja: a strong, older woman, stuck in a relationship with another man she cannot bring herself to leave. Anja proves to be an anchor for the young man, but their relationship must remain a secret—and when that secret finally comes to light, their troubles are just beginning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628970180
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Series:	Liechtensteinian Literature Series
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Patrick Boltshauser was born in 1971 in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and grew up in Schaan, Liechtenstein. After high school he went to the University of Bern to study biology. During this time he began to work for several theater groups as an actor, director, and playwright. In 1996 he completed his diploma in behavioral ecology. Since 1996, several of his plays have been performed in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Poland. Rapids is his first novel.

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Editorial Reviews

A third-person narrative intensified by bursts of poetry, Rapids portrays a necessary odyssey in search of self.

World Literature Today

Rapids proves to be a curious tale... The coy narrative, with its lack of surnames and identifiable locations, wilfully denies detail... the absence of detail contributes to a sense of quasi-allegorical universality.

Times Literary Supplement - Alana Shilling-Janoff