{"product_id":"the-last-movement-9798889661801","title":"The Last Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate portrait of genius, love, and betrayal at the end of Gustav Mahler's life. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York, 1911. Gustav Mahler's recent tenure conducting the New York Philharmonic has been an extraordinary success and a time of feverish artistic defiance. He is arguably the most celebrated musician alive. In America, however, his compositions have turned more inward-looking, for he knows, or suspects, that death is near.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis slim, swift \"triumph\" of a novel finds him crossing the Atlantic, wrapped in blankets on the deck of the \u003cem\u003eAmerika\u003c\/em\u003e, bound for Vienna. Gazing over the ocean, Mahler reflects on music, marriage, loss, faith, regret, and the meaning of a life devoted to art. His body is failing; his wife Alma has fallen in love with another man--the young architect Walter Gropius. Mahler has begged, humiliated himself, tried everything to keep her love. Nothing has worked, but in the awareness of his approaching demise, Alma has stayed, tending to him with care, perhaps to ease his final passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finalist for the German Book Prize and one of the most acclaimed German novels of recent years, \u003cem\u003e The Last Movement\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender, unforgettable book about music, life, death, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Seethaler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889661801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeethaler, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Seethaler\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of eight novels. In 2017 he was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize with \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2016). He also works as an actor, most recently in Paolo Sorrentino's \u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berlin.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollins, Charlotte:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Collins \u003c\/strong\u003eis a freelance journalist, author, and literary translator. Her translation of Robert Seethaler's \u003cem\u003eA Whole Life \u003c\/em\u003ewas a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Robert Seethaler \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897222021277,"sku":"9798889661801","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f17becdd-6885-4c86-a39b-774ba2f982dc.jpg?v=1778004049","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-last-movement-9798889661801","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}