The international bestselling author of A Whole Life, The Tobacconist and The Cafe with No Name returns with a moving portrait of an artist at the end of his life, aboard a ship for his final journey from New York to Europe.

It is 1911, and a man boards a ship at the crowded docks in New York City. As he steps on board, the memories begin flooding back, and we learn he is no ordinary man, and this is no ordinary journey. This transatlantic sailing is the poignant final journey of Gustav Mahler, a renowned composer at the end of his life. He considers the joy and loss he experienced with his wife, Alma, the meaning of art, and the significance of legacy. This culminates in a humbling meditation on the enduring impact of our choices.

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Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of several novels including A Whole Life, **which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, The Tobacconist, which was a number one German bestseller and The Café with No Name, which also topped the German charts with more than half a million copies sold. HIs works have been translated into over 40 languages.**Charlotte 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. Her translation of A Whole Life was awarded the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2017. She has translated three other novels by Robert Seethaler, as well as works by Nino Haratischwili, Eva Menasse and Bernhard Schlink.