The Inheritance by Peter Stephan Jungk
Daniel Loew, a poet based in London, has been told since childhood that one day he would become his wealthy uncle's only heir. When he learns of his uncle's death, in Caracas, a few weeks have since passed. A close friend of his uncle's tells Loew that he alone has been named executor of the will and blocks Loew from receiving his inheritance.
Yet another thrilling, vividly narrated novel from the pen of Peter Stephan Jungk - a plot worthy of film.. Focus This eventful, thrilling novel proves to be the parable of a world whose heirs have all the rights, but cannot do anything with them... Die Zeit
Peter Stephan Jungk was born in 1952 in Los Angeles and raised in several European cities. Since 1988 he has been living in Paris and works as author, film script author, translator, and essayist. A former screenwriting fellow of the American Film Institute, he is the author of eight books, including the acclaimed biography Franz Werfel: A Life from Prague to Hollywood (1990) and the novels The Snowflake Constant shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Faber and Faber, 2002 - published in the US as Tigor by Handsel Books 2003), and The Perfect American (Handsel Books, 2004), a fictional biography of Walt Disney’s last months, which was turned into an opera by Philip Glass. Peter Stephan Jungk has been published extensively, his creative works extending also to the media of radio and television.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906548209 |
| ISBN 10 | 190654820X |
| Title | The Inheritance |
| Author | Peter Stephan Jungk |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2010-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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