The Tobacconist

The Tobacconist
Robert Seethaler, Charlotte Collins
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h197 x 130mm - 240pg
6 Apr 2017 UK
9781509806591
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When seventeen-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna, his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city. In his role as apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes. Among the regulars is a Professor Freud, whose predilection for cigars and occasional willingness to dispense romantic advice will forge a bond between him and young Franz. It is 1937. In a matter of months Germany will annex Austria and the storm that has been threatening to engulf the little tobacconist will descend, leaving the lives of Franz, Otto and Professor Freud irredeemably changed. In the tradition of novels such as Fred Uhlman's classic Reunion, Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room, The Tobacconist tells a deeply moving story of ordinary lives profoundly affected by the Third Reich.
Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna and divides his time between his home town and Berlin. He is the author of five novels, of which The Tobacconist is the fourth. He also works as an actor, most recently in Paolo Sorrentino's Youth. Praise for A Whole Life: 'A lovely contemplation of a life in solitude in a remote valley, into which the modern world slowly intrudes.' Ian McEwan 'As haunting and as spare as Stoner ... A profound, wise and humane novel that no reader will forget.' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times 'At once heart-rending and heart-warming. A Whole Life, for all its gentleness, is a very powerful book.' Jim Crace
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ISBN-13: 9781509806591
Published: 6 Apr 2017
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 240
Dewey: 833.92

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