In ‘The End of Loneliness,’ a German-Swiss novelist confronts death and loss

German-Swiss novelist Benedict Wells developed an intimate understanding of Bavarian boarding schools. He spent 13 years from the age of 6 to 19 in three different ones. What he most remembers is the hunger, both literal and figurative, that these rudimentary state-run schools induced in him. “It actually helped me a lot with my writing,” Wells said in a recent interview. “But now at the age of 34, I think I should get rid of that hunger.”

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