The Bernese Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) one morning encounters a woman standing on the Kirchenfeld Bridge. He narrowly prevents her from jumping and brings her with him to the ...

The spectacular landscape and landmarks of Portugal’s capital and Algarve’s breathtaking coastal views offer a perfect backdrop for the fifth movie in the popular After series. Adapted from Anna ...

A novel about breaking routines and just letting go. But somehow it doesn't work. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using ...

In Swiss novelist Mercier's U.S. debut, Raimund Gregorius is a gifted but dull 57-year-old high school classical languages teacher in Switzerland. After a chance meeting with a Portuguese woman in the ...

Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss teacher, abandons his lessons and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Pascal Mercier. Grove. 496 pages. $25. "This novel taps into some of the oldest veins of story, the primal ones of night journeys, of being stuck in place, yet adrift, and confused about life's ...