{"product_id":"the-caf-with-no-name-9798889660644","title":"The Caf? with No Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vibrant tale of love, companionship, and renewal set against the transformations of 1960s Vienna.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 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 caf? in the Carmelite market square shutter the business, Robert sees that the chance to realize his dream has arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 caf? 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 caf? becomes at once a place of refuge and one from which to observe, mourn, and rejoice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the enchantment of warm prose with tender humor, Robert Seethaler has written a charming parable of human existence animated by unforgettable characters and a kaleidoscope of human stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Seethaler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.28w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889660644","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43369799352457,"sku":"9798889660644","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6ecb2cb5-50d1-4fbb-9e15-d65cdb82afd6.jpg?v=1739857401","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-caf-with-no-name-9798889660644","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}