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The Center of the World (novel)The Center of the World (original German title: Die Mitte der Welt) is a novel by Andreas Steinhöfel from 1998. It is a story about the problems of growing up, puberty, envy and jealousy, friendship and love. The novel was nominated for the German Youth Literature Award. The book has been translated into English by Alisa Jaffa and was edited by Jonas Sachwitz. It was published in the UK under the title Centre of My World.

Plot
The main plot of the novel begins when Phil's best friend Kat (whose actual name is "Katja") returns from her summer vacation with her family. This plot covers the time between July and shortly after New Year's the following year. It is intercut with many different flashbacks.

Phil is seventeen years old, has a twin sister (Dianne), a best friend (Kat), a slightly crazy mother (Glass) with constantly changing male relationships. Some of the men in Glass' life, Phil remembers quite well. For example, there was Martin, the gardener, that Glass employed because it seemed impossible to maintain the upper hand in "Visibles" wild garden. "Visible" was the name of the house that Glass inherited of her sister Stella upon her arrival from the United States. The story does not primarily treat Phil's homosexuality, but rather stresses the difficulties he has to cope with in everyday life.

With his mother and his sister, Phil lives in a huge mansion called 'Visible' which is located slightly remote from their city. The city's inhabitants barely have contact with this weird family. The main exception to this is Phil's best friend Kat, the daughter of their school's principal, who repeatedly violates her parents' interdiction of visiting Phil. Another important person is the lawyer Tereza, who is friends with the family and acts as a kind of mentor to Phil.

The story depicts the past of the family through emotional anecdotes, particularly through stories about the no longer existent father, an uncle as a compensating father figure and childhood memories of Phil and Dianne. Episodes in the presence deal with Phil's love for Nicholas, conversations with his mentor and disputes between his sister and his mother. The story is written in the first-person perspective.

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