Whole Life | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
20th century
A01=Robert Seethaler
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Alpine
Austria
Austrian Alps
Austrian literature
Austrian novels
Author_Robert Seethaler
automatic-update
B06=Charlotte Collins
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
German literature
grief
Language_English
loss
love
mountains
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
prisoner of war
PS=Active
rural life
Second World War
softlaunch
translation
World War II

Whole Life

English

By (author): Robert Seethaler

Translated by: Charlotte Collins

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 doesn't ask for her hand in marriage, but instead has some of his friends light her name at dusk across the mountain. When Marie dies in an avalanche, pregnant with their first child, Andreas' heart is broken. 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 . . .

'It is at once heart-rending and heart-warming. A Whole Life, for all its gentleness, is a very powerful book.' - Jim Crace, author of Harvest

See more
€16.99
20th centuryA01=Robert SeethalerAge Group_UncategorizedAlpineAustriaAustrian AlpsAustrian literatureAustrian novelsAuthor_Robert Seethalerautomatic-updateB06=Charlotte CollinsCategory1=FictionCategory=FACategory=FBACOP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working dayseq_fictioneq_isMigrated=2eq_modern-contemporaryGerman literaturegriefLanguage_EnglishlosslovemountainsPA=AvailablePrice_€10 to €20prisoner of warPS=Activerural lifeSecond World WarsoftlaunchtranslationWorld War II
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 112g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Oct 2015
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781447283904

About Robert Seethaler

Robert Seethaler is an Austrian living in Berlin. He is the author of several novels, including A Whole Life and The Tobacconist. He also works as an actor, starring in Paolo Sorrentino's Youth.

Customer Reviews

No reviews yet
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept