Bibliograph

The tobacconist, Robert Seethaler ; translated by Charlotte Collins

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The tobacconist, Robert Seethaler ; translated by Charlotte Collins

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The tobacconist

Responsibility statement

Robert Seethaler ; translated by Charlotte Collins

Summary

"Seventeen-year-old Franz Huchel journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis' arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?"--Back cover

Target audience

adult

Classification