Books by Robert Seethaler (4)
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A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler EN
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Shortlisted for the Booker International Prize. Like John Williams' Stoner or Denis Johnson's Train Dreams, A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler is a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude. An exquisite novel about a simple life, it has already demonstrated its power to move thousands of readers with a message of solace and truth. It looks at the moments, big and small, that make us what we are. Andreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy taken in by a farming family. He is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with Marie, he... continue
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The Field by Robert Seethaler EN
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"From their graves in the field, the oldest part of Paulstadt's cemetery, the town's late inhabitants tell stories from their lives. Some recall just a moment, perhaps the one in which they left this world, perhaps the one that they now realize shaped their life forever. Some remember all the people they've been with, or the only person they ever loved.These voices together - young, old, rich poor - build a picture of a community, as viewed from below ground instead of from above. The streets of the small, sleepy provincial town of Paulstadt are given shape and meaning by those who lived, love... continue
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The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler EN
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'Set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant.' Daily MailWhen seventeen-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna, his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city. In his role as apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes. Among the regulars is a Professor Freud, who... continue
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Toda una vida by Robert Seethaler ES
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Hasta una perdida aldea centroeuropea, en un remoto rincn̤ alpino, llega a principios del siglo XX el pequeǫ Andreas Egger con apenas cuatro aǫs, abandonado por su madre. El niǫ crece sometido a la fřrea disciplina de su to̕, y su horizonte se agota en la cadena de enormes montaąs que rodean el valle. As,̕ entre esas cimas, la vida de Andreas discurre entre la rudeza del entorno y una forzosa adaptacin̤ a los cambios que impone el progreso. Una fb̀ula sobre el sentido y el sinsentido de la existencia. Las pulsiones bs̀icas del ser humano, la generosidad y el egos̕mo, el amor y la muerte, son l... continue