The Tobacconist: Robert Seethaler

Synopsis

'set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant. ' daily mailfrom robert seethaler, the author of the man booker international shortlisted a whole life, comes a deeply moving story of ordinary lives profoundly affected by the third reich, in the tradition of novels such as fred uhlman's classic reunion, bernhard schlink's the reader and rachel seiffert's the dark room.