num_pages: 263
description: A budding poet and his adoring mother are the central characters of this early novel.
language: English
title: Life Is Elsewhere
titlecomplete: Life Is Elsewhere
characters: Jaromil
genres: Fiction, Czech Literature, 20th Century, Classics, Contemporary, Philosophy, Roman, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 18658
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Faber and Faber