The Field

The acclaimed author of A Whole Life and The Tobacconist, the bestselling and Booker International-shortlisted Robert Seethaler tells the story of a town through the voices from its graveyard: a moving story about life and death and human connection.

About the author

Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of several novels including A Whole Life and The Tobacconist. A Whole Life was a top ten-bestseller in Germany, and has garnered huge acclaim.Charlotte Collins studied English at Cambridge University. She worked as an actor and radio journalist in both Germany and the U.K. before becoming a literary translator. She has translated work by Robert Seethaler and Nino Haratischwili.

Summary

The acclaimed author of A Whole Life and The Tobacconist, the bestselling and Booker International-shortlisted Robert Seethaler tells the story of a town through the voices from its graveyard: a moving story about life and death and human connection.

Foreword

The acclaimed author of A Whole Life and The Tobacconist, the bestselling and Booker International-shortlisted Robert Seethaler tells the story of a town through the voices from its graveyard: a moving story about life and death and human connection.

Additional text

The whole thing is so wonderfully crafted . . . that you literally don't want to stop reading, that you're sad to come to the end . . . What he has mastered like few other authors in German literary history is to give all his characters a profound dignity.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Seethaler
• Assisted by: Charlotte Collins (Translation), Collins Charlotte (Translation)
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2022
• EAN: 9781529008074
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-0807-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 196 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; austria, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, 21st Century, Coping with death & bereavement, Rural communities, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Relating to late adulthood / old age, FICTION / World Literature / Austria