Whole Life

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.

A lovely contemplation of a life in solitude in a remote valley, into which the modern world slowly intrudes