Robert seethaler a whole life review5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() It is food for the soul - so quiet,so subtle, yet with resounding reverberations.” - WDR “Do yourself a favour and read this book. ![]() “A magnificent author who moves us so profoundly with an unforgettable book.” - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ![]() “ succeeded in crafting a book which has to be described as more poignant and harrowing than anything written in a very long time.” - taz An admirable achievement for such a slim volume.” - Die Welt “Every nuance, every word, every sentence - everything is precisely in place. It looks at the moments, big and small, that make us what we are. ![]() 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. Like John Williams' Stoner or Denis Johnson's Train Dreams, A Whole Life is a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude. He leaves his valley just once more, to fight in WWII - where he is taken prisoner in the Caucasus - and returns to find that modernity has reached his remote haven… When Marie dies in an avalanche, pregnant with their first child, Andreas' heart is broken. He is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with Marie, he doesn't ask for her hand in marriage, but instead has some of his friends light her name at dusk across the mountain. Shortlisted for The 2016 Man Booker International PrizeĪndreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy taken in by a farming family. Shortlisted for The 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Shortlisted for The 2017 National Translation Award ![]()
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