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- ISBN 9781837266593
- Weight: 117g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 09 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Andreas Egger knows every path and peak of his mountain valley, the source of his sustenance, his livelihood - his home.
Set in the mid-twentieth century and told with beauty and tenderness, Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life is a story of man's relationship with an ancient landscape, of the value of solitude, of the arrival of the modern world, and above all, of the moments, great and small, that make us who we are.
Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of several novels including A Whole Life, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and The Tobacconist, which was a number one German bestseller. Originally published in 2023, Seethaler's novel The Café with No Name was an instant number one bestseller, spending 44 weeks on the bestseller list. His works have been translated into over 40 languages.
Charlotte Collins studied English at Cambridge University. She worked as an actor and radio journalist in both Germany and the UK before becoming a literary translator. She is best known for her translation of Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and was a recipient of the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2017. She lives in London.
