Andreas is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with Marie, he doesn’t ask for her hand in marriage, but instead has some of his friends light her name at dusk across the mountain. When Marie dies Andreas leaves his valley to fight in WWII – where he is taken prisoner – and returns to find that modernity has reached his remote haven. A Whole Life is a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude. An exquisite novel about a simple life. It looks at the moments, big and small, that make us what we are.
By: Robert Seethaler
Published By: Picador
Year: 2015
