Night Train To Lisbon

A huge international bestseller, with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, Night Train to Lisbon is an utterly compelling novel about one man's escape from a humdrum life in search of passion and spontaneity. ____________________ 'One of the best books I have read' Isabel Allende 'A rare reading pleasure' San Francisco Chronicle 'Pascal Mercier now takes his rightful place among our finest European novelists' Sunday Telegraph ____________________ One afternoon, mild-mannered Classics scholar Raimund Gregorius walks out of his classroom with a dusty old book and one goal: he must find the book's author, Amadeu del Prado. He needs to meet the man whose words both haunt and compel him. Boarding the night train to Lisbon, his investigations take him all over the city. Making unexpected friends, he gradually builds a picture of the extraordinary man who wrote this beloved book. As Raimund discovers Amadeu, he begins to discover himself. Richly and beautifully told, this is a heart-rending story of all the paths not taken and lives not lived. ____________________ Readers love Night Train to Lisbon 'Wow, what can I say that is going to do this book justice?' 'Utterly engrossing' 'Compelling' 'Mysterious and emotional' 'An amazing book that I know I will re-read'

Pascal Mercier was born in 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives in Berlin, where he is a professor of philosophy. Night Train to Lisbon is his third novel, but his first that has been translated into English.