{"product_id":"the-tobacconist-9781487002510","title":"The Tobacconist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom The Man Booker International Prize finalist Robert Seethaler comes a tender, heartbreaking story of one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeethaler, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eROBERT SEETHALER is an Austrian living in Berlin. He is the bestselling author of four novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Tobacconist\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold more than 200,000 copies in Germany, and \u003cem\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold more than 100,000 copies in Germany. He also works as an actor, most recently in Paolo Sorrentino's \u003cem\u003eYouth\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollins, Charlotte:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCharlotte Collins studied English at Cambridge University. She worked as an actor and radio journalist in both Germany and the UK before becoming a literary translator. She has also translated Robert Seethaler's \u003cem\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, and is co-translating \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life\u003c\/em\u003e, an award-winning novel by Nino Haratischwili.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anansi International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416119120146,"sku":"9781487002510","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6d03158-107e-4b30-9117-4cb40d8ab3ce.jpg?v=1729414117","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tobacconist-9781487002510","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}