Book description
Ein Café und seine Menschen. Ein Mann, der seiner Sehnsucht folgt. Robert Seethalers neuer Roman.
Wien im Jahr 1966. Robert Simon verdient sein Brot als Gelegenheitsarbeiter auf dem Karmelitermarkt. Er ist zufrieden mit seinem Leben, doch zwanzig Jahre nach Ende des Krieges hat sich die Stadt aus ihren Trümmern erhoben.…
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1 author picked The Café Without a Name as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’ve always enjoyed Seethaler’s art of story-telling, and his latest tale of the simple life of an unremarkable man in a now-vanished quarter of Vienna is a quiet triumph.
Indirectly, it’s also a history of the city, and by extension a lament about the way the post-war world has changed. Full of engaging character sketches, this little elegy really charmed me, and I hope it appears soon in English translation.
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