The café with no name / Robert Seethaler ; translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire.
Summary:
"Summer 1966. Robert Simon is in his early thirties and has a dream. Raised in a home for war orphans, Robert has nonetheless grown into a warm-hearted, hard-working, and determined man. When the former owners of the corner cafe in the Carmelite market square shutter the business, Robert sees that the chance to realize his dream has arrived. The place, dark and dilapidated, is in a poor neighborhood of the Austrian capital, but for some time now a new wind has been blowing, and the air is filled with an inexplicable energy and a desire for renewal. In the newspapers with which fishmongers wrap the char and trout from the Danube, one can read about great things to come, a bright future beginning to rise from the quagmire of the past. Enlivened by these promises, Robert refurbishes the cafe and, rewarding him for his efforts and search of a congenial place to gather, talk, read, or just sit and be, customers arrive, bringing their stories of passions, friendships, abandonments, and bereavements. Some are in search of company, others long for love, or just a place where they can feel understood. As the city is transformed, Robert's cafe becomes at once a place of refuge and one from which to observe, mourn, and rejoice." -- Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798889660644
- Physical Description: 191 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
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Language Note: | In English, translated from German. Translated from the German. |
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Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 5 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 2 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Madison Main Library | FIC SEE (Text) | 30229101385903 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/19/2025 |
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