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It looks at the moments, big and small, that make us what we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It is at once heart-rending and heart-warming. \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e, for all its gentleness, is a very powerful book.' - Jim Crace, author of \u003ci\u003eHarvest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-seethaler-books\"\u003eRobert Seethaler\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781447283904\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47915917344945,"sku":"SB-1447283902-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1447283902.jpg?v=1789173528"},{"product_id":"une-vie-entiere-folio","title":"Une vie entière (Folio)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHéros du Tabac Tresniek, le jeune Franz Huchel débarquait de ses montagnes et venait apprendre la vie dans la Vienne des années trente. Andreas Egger, le personnage principal du nouveau roman de Robert Seethaler, effectue le parcours inverse : c'est de la ville qu'il est amené, enfant, dans ces montagnes où il va passer \"une vie entière\". Aucun adulte bienveillant pour lui expliquer le monde. Il est recueilli par une brute qui l'estropie, et se constitue seul son éthique personnelle. Quand il se soustrait enfin à la tyrannie de son patron, ce n'est pas pour travailler comme lui la terre, les yeux baissés : \"Un homme doit vivre la tête haute\", déclare-t-il à Marie, la jeune fille dont il est amoureux. Aussi prend-il part à l'aventure des téléphériques, qui vont ouvrir sa vallée à la modernité, avant d'être envoyé en 1942 sur le front de l'Est, dans les montagnes du Caucase. A son retour, \"les géraniums ont remplacé les croix gammées aux fenêtres du village\" et les étables vidées de leurs bêtes abritent les skis des touristes... Pris par l'intensité poétique des images, par la vérité de ce personnage de montagnard terriblement humain, et par une langue sobre et rythmée où chaque mot est pesé, on ne lâche pas ce bref roman d'une vie \"minuscule\". La beauté rare de ce petit livre a valu à Robert Seethaler le statut de meilleur auteur de l'année, décerné par les libraires d'outre-Rhin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/robert-seethaler-books\"\u003eRobert Seethaler\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pocket Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gallimard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9782070793433\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gallimard","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.65","offer_id":47919353266353,"sku":"SB-2070793435-C3","price":2.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/2070793435.jpg?v=1789694880"},{"product_id":"jetzt-wirds-ernst","title":"Jetzt wirds ernst","description":"\u003cp\u003e»Mein Weg ans Theater war verschlungen. 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Seethaler is in his very own league' Elizabeth Strout '[A] moving, charming novel about to what extent we must change as the world around us hurtles into the unknown' Observer It is 1966, and Robert Simon has just fulfilled his dream by taking over a café on the corner of a bustling Vienna market. He recruits a barmaid, Mila, and soon the customers flock in. Factory workers, market traders, elderly ladies, a wrestler, a painter, an unemployed seamstress, each bring their stories and their plans for the future. As Robert listens and Mila refills their glasses, romances bloom, friendships are made and fortunes change. And change is coming to the city around them, to the little café, and to Robert's dream. The Café with No Name has charmed millions of European readers. 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