International Fiction Book Club Robert Seethaler – A Whole Life Monday 19 November, 6.30pm by Zoom The eighth meeting of the Litfest International Fiction Book Club was held by Zoom on Monday 19 November at 6.30pm. We discussed A Whole Life by Robert...
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International Fiction Book Club Robert Seethaler – A Whole Life Monday 19 November, 6.30pm by Zoom The eighth meeting of the Litfest International Fiction Book Club was held by Zoom on Monday 19 November at 6.30pm. We discussed A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins, and published in paperback and as an eBook by Picador. About the Book Andreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy to be taken in by a farming family. He is a man of very few words, and so, when he falls in love with Marie and wants to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets some of his friends to light her name at dusk across the mountains… ‘For all its gentleness a very powerful book’ Jim Crace ‘A lovely contemplation of a life in solitude’ Ian McEwan ‘Charlotte Collins’s translation is a great triumph’ Sunday Telegraph We chose this book for its moving story of a solitary life and the great clarity and beauty of the writing. We were delighted
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