One Grand Summer
By
Ewald Arenz (Author) Rachel Ward (Contributor)
Paperback
PRE-ORDER released 18 July 2024
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Sixteen-year-old Frieder's plans for the summer are shattered when he fails two subjects. To be able to move up to the next year in the Autumn, he needs to resit his exams. So instead of going on holiday with his family, he now faces the daunting and boring prospect of staying at his grandparents' house, studying with his strict and formal step-grandfather.
On the bright side, he'll spend time with his grandmother Nana, his sister Alma and his best friend Johann. And he meets Beate, the girl in the beautiful green swimsuit...
The next few weeks will bring friendship, fear and first love - one grand summer that will change and shape his entire life.
A number-one bestseller in Germany and winner of the German Booksellers Prize, One Grand Summer is a moving, beautiful and profound novel about relationships and respect that captures those exquisite and painful moments that make us who we are...
WINNER of the German Booksellers Prize and over two years on the German bestseller list.
'Profound in its simplicity ... a remarkable, exquisitely written debut' Irish Times
About the Author
Ewald Arenz, born in Nuernberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nuernberg. His novels and plays have received many awards. Ewald lives near Fuerth with his family. Rachel Ward is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to English. Having always been an avid reader and enjoyed word games and puzzles, she discovered a flair for languages at school and went on to study modern languages at the University of East Anglia. She spent the third year working as a language assistant at two grammar schools in Saaebruecken, Germany. During her final year, she realised that she wanted to put these skills and passions to use professionally and applied for UEA's MA in Literary Translation, which she completed in 2002. Her published translations include Traitor by Gudrun Pausewang and Red Rage by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.Follow Rachel on Twitter @FwdTranslations, on her blog www.adiscounttickettoeverywhere.wordpress.com and on her website www.forwardtranslations.co.uk
More Details
- Contributor: Ewald Arenz
- Imprint: Orenda Books
- ISBN13: 9781916788183
- Number of Pages: 300
- Packaged Dimensions: 129x198mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Orenda Books
- Release Date: 2024-07-18
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Ewald Arenz, born in Nuernberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nuernberg. His novels and plays have received many awards. Ewald lives near Fuerth with his family. Rachel Ward is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to English. Having always been an avid reader and enjoyed word games and puzzles, she discovered a flair for languages at school and went on to study modern languages at the University of East Anglia. She spent the third year working as a language assistant at two grammar schools in Saaebruecken, Germany. During her final year, she realised that she wanted to put these skills and passions to use professionally and applied for UEA's MA in Literary Translation, which she completed in 2002. Her published translations include Traitor by Gudrun Pausewang and Red Rage by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.Follow Rachel on Twitter @FwdTranslations, on her blog www.adiscounttickettoeverywhere.wordpress.com and on her website www.forwardtranslations.co.uk
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