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By: Benedict Wells

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages345
  • Published2021
  • File size1.5 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9783257071481

Key ideas from the book

  • Sam’s summer job at an old cinema offers an escape from difficulties at home.
  • New friendships and falling in love mark a change in Sam’s life.
  • The story follows a teenager who has felt like an outsider becoming more connected to those around him.
  • Discoveries about Sam’s hometown are part of his summer experience.
  • An event brings Sam face to face with the demands of growing up.

About Hard Land by Benedict Wells

Set in Missouri in 1985, Hard Land follows fifteen-year-old Sam, who takes a summer job at an old cinema to get away from problems at home. Over the course of the summer, he finds friends, falls in love, and learns more about his hometown.

Sam has spent much of his life as an unnoticed outsider, but this summer changes that—until an event forces him to grow up. A coming-of-age novel for readers drawn to stories about friendship, first love, and the uncertain passage into adulthood.

About Benedict Wells

Benedict Wells is a German-Swiss novelist, born in Munich in 1984. After finishing school, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing. His novels include *Becks letzter Sommer*, *Spinner*, and *Fast genial*. His international breakthrough came with *Vom Ende der Einsamkeit* (*The End of Loneliness*), which won the 2016 European Union Prize for Literature. Wells’s fiction often explores family, memory, loss, and the uncertainties of growing up, as well as the ways people seek connection and a sense…

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