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A man of exile and mystery: The life of a German author who wandered Ponsonby's streets

Steve Braunias
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Senior Writer·NZ Herald·
33 mins to read

Steve Braunias on the life of a German author who wandered the streets of Ponsonby.

There was always so much going on with Volker Pilgrim, with his ideas and his superstitions and his habit of slipping into new identities, a man of exile and mystery and at least some measure of genius, who so many people adored, and who he touched even after his death in Auckland on March 6, a week before he would have turned 80, and

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