In one instantiation of her life, Ursula Todd dies just moments after her birth in 1910. Fortunately (for the sake of the novel), time seems to be cyclic, so she and the rest of the world get many chances at life. At times, she partially recalls her other lives, resulting in many consequences to history and her personal development.
—Michael Main
So much hot air rising above the tables in the Café Heck or the Osteria Bavaria, like smoke from the ovens. It was difficult to believe from this perspective that Hitler was going to lay waste to the world in a few years’ time.

“Time isn’t circular,” she said to Dr. Kellet. “It’s like a palimpsest.”
“Oh, dear,” he said. “That sounds very vexing.”
“And memories are sometimes in the future.”

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  1. Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, March 2013).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
  2. audio reading.Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Random House Audiobooks, March 2013).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Fenella Woolgar

Translations

(34)
  1. Bulgarian.
    Живот след живот [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсън (Colibri, 2016).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Кейт Аткинсън
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Ralitsa Karieva
  2. Chinese.
    生命不息 [Endless life], as by 凯特·阿特金森 (Hunan, May 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by 凯特·阿特金森
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by unknown persons
  3. Chinese.
    娥蘇拉的生生世世 [The life of Ursula], as by 凱特·亞金森 (Calibre, September 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by 凱特·亞金森
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by 陳佳琳
  4. Croatian.
    Život za životom [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Vuković and Runjić, 2016).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Vlatka Valentić
  5. Czech.
    Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Argo, November 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Kate Atkinsonová
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Daniela Theinová
  6. Czech: Czech audiobook.Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Audiotéka.cz, August 2017).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Kate Atkinsonová
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Tereza Bebarová
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Daniela Theinová
  7. Danish.
    Liv efter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Gads Förlag, May 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Anna Strandberg
  8. Dutch.
    Leven na leven [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Atlas Contact, August 2013).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Inge Kok
  9. Finnish.
    Elämä elämältä [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Schildts and Söderströms, March 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Kaisa Kattelus
  10. French.
    Une vie après l'autre [One life after another] by Kate Atkinson (Bernard Grasset, January 2015).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Isabelle Caron
  11. German.
    Die Unvollendete [The unfinished] by Kate Atkinson (Droemer, July 2013) [e-book].
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Anette Grube
  12. Hebrew.
    חיים ועוד חיים [Life and more life], as by קייט אטקינסון (Yedioth, 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by קייט אטקינסון
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by שרון פרמינגר
  13. Hungarian.
    Élet ​az élet után [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Geopen, October 2018).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Katalin Szűr-Szabó
  14. Italian.
    Vita dopo vita [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Nord, May 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Alessandro Storti
  15. Korean.
    라이프 애프터 라이프 [Life after life], as by 케이트 앳킨슨 (Munsa, November 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by 케이트 앳킨슨
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by 임정희
  16. Latvian.
    Dzīve pēc dzīves [Life after life], as by Keita Atkinsone (Zvaigzne ABC, 2015).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Keita Atkinsone
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Silvija Brice
  17. Lithuanian.
    Gyvenimas po gyvenimo [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Tyto Alba, 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Jovita Liutkutė
  18. Modern Greek.
    Ζωή μετά τη ζωή [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Ekdoseis Metaixmio, November 2013).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Μυρσίνη Γκανά
  19. Norwegian.
    Liv etter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Forlaget Press, 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Christian Rugstad
  20. Persian.
    زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Butimar, 2017).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by کیت اتکینسون
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by علی معصومی
  21. Persian.
    زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Hirmand, May 2017).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by کیت اتکینسون
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by سعید کلاتی
  22. Polish.
    Jej wszystkie życia [All her lives] by Kate Atkinson (Czarna Owca, March 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Aleksandra Wolnicka
  23. Portuguese: Portugal.Vida após Vida [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Relógio D'Água, February 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by José Miguel Silva
  24. Portuguese: Brazil.O Fio da Vida [The thread of life] by Kate Atkinson (Globo Livros, September 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Celina Portocarrero
  25. Romanian.
    Viață după viață [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Art, June 2016).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Irina Negrea
  26. Russian.
    Жизнь после жизни [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсон (Azbooka, 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Кейт Аткинсон
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Елена Серафимовна Петрова
  27. Russian: Russian audiobook.Жизнь после жизни [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (unknown audio publisher, 2017).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Кейт Аткинсон
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Ольга Плетнёва
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Елена Серафимовна Петрова
  28. Serbian.
    Život posle života [Life after life], as by Kejt Atkinson (Laguna, April 2017).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Kejt Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Eli Gilić
  29. Slovak.
    Život po živote [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Ikar, April 2015).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Kate Atkinsonová
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Tamara Chovanová
  30. Spanish.
    Una y otra vez [Again and again] by Kate Atkinson (Lumen, June 2014).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Patricia Antón
  31. Thai.
    อดีตจะเปลี่ยนทุกครั้งที่ฉันตาย [The past changes every time I die] by Kate Atkinson (unknown publisher, circa 2020).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by นันทวัน เติมแสงศิริศักดิ์
  32. Turkish.
    Hayat, Sil Baştan [Life, from the beginning] by Kate Atkinson (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, February 2015).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Duygu Akın
  33. Ukranian.
    Життя за життям [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткінсон (Nash Format, May 2018).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson as by Кейт Аткінсон
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Ярослава Стріха
  34. Vietnamese.
    Chuỗi đời bất tận [Endless life series] by Kate Atkinson (NXB Lao Động, December 2018).
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Kate Atkinson
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Khánh Vân