The Last Movement by Robert Seethaler
It is 1911, and a man boards a ship at the crowded docks in New York City. As he steps on board, the memories begin flooding back, and we learn he is no ordinary man, and this is no ordinary journey.
This transatlantic sailing is the poignant final journey of Gustav Mahler, a renowned composer at the end of his life. He considers the joy and loss he experienced with his wife, Alma, the meaning of art, and the significance of legacy. This culminates in a humbling meditation on the enduring impact of our choices.
A poet of the small, the random and the event without consequence, [Seethaler's] is a world we can all enjoy * * Guardian * *
Seethaler's literary preoccupations [can be placed] alongside writers such as Claire Keegan, John Berger or John Williams * * Financial Times * *
The prose has the stillness of a Vermeer . . . In a world of action movies and social media there's little time for quiet contemplation. Seethaler reminds us we're part of a whole * * Spectator * *
Seethaler renders a life at once ordinary and exquisite, exploring the vagaries of solitude with a gentle humility * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Seethaler's prose is deceptively simple, filled with exquisite yet simple details. . . warm, fleeting, and profoundly human * * Independent Book Review * *
A god of ordinary people's feelings . . . characters and settings come alive without a single wasted word and with no undue heaviness * * Frankfurter Rundschau * *
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, The Tobacconist, which was a number one German bestseller and The Café with No Name, which also topped the German charts with more than half a million copies sold. 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. Her translation of A Whole Life was awarded the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2017. She has translated three other novels by Robert Seethaler, as well as works by Nino Haratischwili, Eva Menasse and Bernhard Schlink.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781837265213 |
| ISBN 10 | 1837265216 |
| Title | The Last Movement |
| Author | Robert Seethaler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2026-04-09 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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