Love Wish

Marlene has left her husband Leonhard to live with one of his best friends, Paul. Despite all hurt feelings the three manage after a while to reestablish the old friendship. When Leonhard finally marries a young student this friendship – now between two couples – seems in perfect balance again. But the young woman´s desire for love turns out to be stronger than all of them – and finally she pays the highest price and commits suicide.
A brillantly composed novel, told in the four perspectives of the marvellously portrayed main characters.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch eBook
  • Release: 21.09.2009
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-30027-7
  • 400 Pages
  • Author: Dieter Wellershoff
Love Wish
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Dieter Wellershoff

Dieter Wellershoff , born November 3, 1925 in Neuss, lives in Cologne. He has written novels, novellas, short stories, essays and autobiographical books, including Der Ernstfall (1995) about his experiences in World War Two. Wellershoff has lectured at universities in Germany and abroad, most recently in Frankfurt am Main. He was awarded the Radio Play Prize for War-Blinded Persons, the Heinrich Böll Prize, the Hölderlin Prize, the Joseph Breitbach Prize and the Ernst Robert Curtius Prize for Essayistic.

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