The Tobacconist
by Robert Seethaler
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leads
Boxlist takeEmotional and weighty: a grounded novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
4 ratings
About This Book
"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.
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- Author
- Robert Seethaler
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 237
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- Source
- Open Library
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