7/4/2023 0 Comments A whole life seethaler![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He grows strong, stronger than any other man in his village. But somehow Andreas, slow of speech and awkward in his movements, survives. The relative who gives him a home beats him so extensively, he’s left with a permanent link. He dies more than 70 years later, only once having left the valley when called up towards the end of the 2nd World War.Īndreas has no clear memory of his mother, never mentions any father. He took on any kind of work and did it reliably and without grumbling.Īndreas arrives in an Austrian mountain village as a four year old boy. He was a good worker, didn’t ask for much, barely spoke, and tolerated the heat of the sun in the fields as well as the biting cold in the forest. He’s just a dependable man, a hard worker who simply wants to get on with life as quietly as possible. ![]() Nor can he point to awards or inventions. He can’t boast of sporting prowess or exceptional intelligence. Although nothing of any great magnitude happens throughout the 160 pages, this tale of a quiet, unassuming man who lives a simple life in an alpine valley, captivated and bewitched me.Ī Whole Life is exactly what it says on the cover: the tale of the entire life of one man. But all assumptions this would be a dull book were swept aside after only five pages. ![]()
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