Where Were You, Robert? - Hardcover

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus

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ISBN 10: 0241140714 ISBN 13: 9780241140710

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2000

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An enchanting journey through time and through history, this phenomenal European bestseller is a magically evocative novel for readers of all ages. Fifteen-year-old Robert is a dreamer and one evening while he is watching television his eyes blurover and he quite literally disappears from his kitchen. He has become a time traveller. Each journey takes him further from his home and further back through the centuries, and soon he no longer holds any hope of returning . . . until he becomesa painter's apprentice in 17th century Amsterdam, where at last his photographic memory may help him to return to the future.

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Synopsis:

Fifteen-year-old Robert is a dreamer: one evening his eyes blur over and he literally disappears. Robert has become a time traveller, but with little control over his ability he seems doomed to wander forever - until he appears in 17th-century Amsterdam and finds a slim chance of returning home.

About the Author:

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is one of Germany's most eminent authors. He is also renowned as a poet and cultural critic who has been likened to Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Rorty.

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