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By: Benedict Wells

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages355
  • Published2016
  • File size1.5 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9783257069587

Key ideas from the book

  • The sudden loss of parents shapes Jules and his siblings beyond childhood.
  • The past can return even when people believe they have overcome a painful event.
  • The novel considers what remains unchanged in a person over time.
  • Loss and loneliness sit alongside love in the story.
  • Readers encounter a family-centered novel about the long reach of grief.

About Vom Ende der Einsamkeit by Benedict Wells

Jules and his two siblings have a sheltered childhood until their parents die in an accident. As adults, they believe they have come to terms with the loss, but the past returns to affect their lives. The novel follows the lasting impact of childhood grief and asks what in a person can—and cannot—change.

Alongside its exploration of loss and loneliness, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit is described as a great love story. It may appeal to readers of emotionally focused fiction about family, memory, and the ways earlier experiences shape adult life.

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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