{"product_id":"a-whole-life-9781837266593","title":"A Whole Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and a global bestseller; for fans of \u003ci\u003eStoner \u003c\/i\u003eby John Williams\u003c\/p\u003eAndreas Egger knows every path and peak of his mountain valley, the source of his sustenance, his livelihood - his home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in the mid-twentieth century and told with beauty and tenderness, Robert Seethaler's\u003ci\u003e A Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781837266593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 21 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Edinburgh, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x1(W)117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRobert Seethaler was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of several novels including\u003ci\u003e A Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tobacconist\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a number one German bestseller. Originally published in 2023, Seethaler's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cafe with No Name \u003c\/i\u003ewas an instant number one bestseller, spending 44 weeks on the bestseller list. His works have been translated into over 40 languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and was a recipient of the Helen \u0026amp; Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2017. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eA lovely contemplation of a life in solitude in a remote valley, into which the modern world slowly intrudes -- IAN McEWAN\u003cbr\u003eDeeply moving *  * Sunday Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eMagically captures the universal in all our lives. A slim masterpiece *  * Daily Mail *  *\u003cbr\u003eAs haunting and as spare as \u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e. . . No praise is too high for \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Its daunting beauty lingers. This is a profound, wise and humane novel that no reader will forget -- EILEEN BATTERSBY *  * Irish Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eRobert Seethaler's quietly mesmerizing novel - elemental in both tone and subject - shows what joy and nobility can be found in a life of hardship, patience and bereavement. It is at once heart-rending and heart-warming -- JIM CRACE\u003cbr\u003eSeethaler renders a life at once ordinary and exquisite, exploring the vagaries of solitude with a gentle humility *  * Times Literary Supplement *  *\u003cbr\u003eSeethaler renders a life at once ordinary and exquisite, exploring the vagaries of solitude with a gentle humility *  * Sunday Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eFrom its first sentence, Seethaler grips you with a quiet matter-of-factness as he delineates with a suitably spare beauty the life of woodsman Andreas Egger *  * Independent on Sunday *  *\u003cbr\u003eA perfect, warm, moving antidote to, well, pretty much everything that's going on in the world . . . beautifully rendered by the book's translator Charlotte Collins *  * New European *  *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Whole Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a provocatively ambitious title for this spare, novella-length work . . . Flecked with profundity [and] dark humour *  * New York Times *  *","brand":"Robert Seethaler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49041645306073,"sku":"9781837266593","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781837266593.jpg?v=1785937116","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/a-whole-life-9781837266593","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}