by Brian Moore · ISBN 9783257060225
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«Es gibt kein anderes Leben» is the novel by Brian Moore, published by Diogenes in 1994 (271 pages, in German).
The novel is set on a Caribbean island and follows a missionary who lives in a country marked by poverty, social unrest and the rule of a junta. Between politics and religion, the protagonist undergoes a crisis of faith while collective and individual destinies intertwine.
Originally published as «No Other Life» in 1993; this German edition, translated by Otto Bayer, appeared in 1994.
For readers of literary fiction interested in political and social conflicts with a Caribbean backdrop.
Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles, and has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel". He was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1975 and the inaugural Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1987, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Moore also wrote screenplays and several of his books were made into films.
