The Late Life
What can death teach us about life?
âOne of the greatest achievements of the author of The Readerâ Les Echos
âSchlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewellâ Le Figaro littĂ©raire
âMasterfulâ Suddeutsche Zeitung
At seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels completeâuntil a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.
Confronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?
In the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. The Late Life is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.
âOne of Germany's most celebrated and popular writersâ Financial Times
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
What can death teach us about life?
âOne of the greatest achievements of the author of The Readerâ Les Echos
âSchlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewellâ Le Figaro littĂ©raire
âMasterfulâ Suddeutsche Zeitung
At seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels completeâuntil a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.
Confronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?
In the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. The Late Life is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.
âOne of Germany's most celebrated and popular writersâ Financial Times
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
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What can death teach us about life?
âOne of the greatest achievements of the author of The Readerâ Les Echos
âSchlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewellâ Le Figaro littĂ©raire
âMasterfulâ Suddeutsche Zeitung
At seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels completeâuntil a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.
Confronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?
In the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. The Late Life is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.
âOne of Germany's most celebrated and popular writersâ Financial Times
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
