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The Weather Maker / Der Wettermacher
Novel
When August Abraham Abderhalden feels called upon to be a weather maker on August 1, 1990, his twentieth birthday, and connects the course of time to the changes in climate, he begins his large-scale research into his family and himself. Suddenly they break open, the layers of the past, of his parents‘ fifties and forties, of the 18th and 19th century of his ancestors, of the medieval monasteries.
The Weather Maker tells, with a breath of fresh air, stimulating...
The Weather Maker tells, with a breath of fresh air, stimulating...
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When August Abraham Abderhalden feels called upon to be a weather maker on August 1, 1990, his twentieth birthday, and connects the course of time to the changes in climate, he begins his large-scale research into his family and himself. Suddenly they break open, the layers of the past, of his parents‘ fifties and forties, of the 18th and 19th century of his ancestors, of the medieval monasteries.
The Weather Maker tells, with a breath of fresh air, stimulating the reader’s imagination, the story of one August Abraham Abderhalden.
The Weather Maker tells, with a breath of fresh air, stimulating the reader’s imagination, the story of one August Abraham Abderhalden.
2007, 320 pages
Persons
Peter Weber
Author
Peter Weber, born in Wattwil/Toggenburg in 1968, lived in Zurich for many years after graduating secondary school. His first novel, The Weather Maker, was published in 1993.
Peter Weber
Author
Peter Weber, born in Wattwil/Toggenburg in 1968, lived in Zurich for many years after graduating secondary school. His first novel, The Weather...
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