International Bestseller • Winner of the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize • Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award
In A Whole Life, Robert Seethaler crafts a quiet, profoundly moving novel about one man’s simple existence amidst the sweeping changes of the 20th century.
Andreas Egger knows every path and peak of his remote mountain valley, a place that provides his sustenance and shapes his life. As the modern world encroaches on the ancient landscape, Andreas’s life unfolds in a series of tender, transformative moments—some filled with love and connection, others marked by solitude and loss.
Told with lyrical beauty and serene power, A Whole Life is a meditation on the relationship between humanity and nature, the value of solitude, and the fleeting moments that define us.
“A quietly powerful novel of a man’s connection to the land and the quiet dignity of an ordinary life.” —Kirkus Reviews
