Life after Life
- by Kate Atkinson
- Novel
- Fantasy, War
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, March 2013).
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.”
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Born Again
- Cyclic Time: Don’t look at us! We have no clue what’s going on with Ursula, but it seems like all of time is repeating with everyone (not just Ursula) making different decisions during different cycles, and at one point Ursula discusses this possibility with her philosophically minded shrink. But Ursula is special in that she seems to remember varying amounts from other cycles. Then again, maybe the story is a better fit for the born again or time loop tag, so we’ll tag the novel that way, too.
- Sensing Unfamiliar Timelines
- Time Loop
- Themes
- Fix History!
- Fix Your Own Past!
- Repeat until You Get It Right: for example, the repeated attempts to save Bridget
- Real-World Tags
- Adolf Hitler
- Bombing of Berlin
- Eva Braun
- London Blitz
- World War I: from afar, through the eyes of a child
- World War II
- Groupings
Variants
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- Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, March 2013).
- audio reading.
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Random House Audiobooks, March 2013). - Живот след живот [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсън (Colibri, 2016).
- 生命不息 [Endless life], as by 凯特·阿特金森 (Hunan, May 2014).
- 娥蘇拉的生生世世 [The life of Ursula], as by 凱特·亞金森 (Calibre, September 2014).
- Život za životom [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Vuković and Runjić, 2016).
- Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Argo, November 2014).
- Czech audiobook.
Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Audiotéka.cz, August 2017). - Liv efter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Gads Förlag, May 2014).
- Leven na leven [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Atlas Contact, August 2013).
- Elämä elämältä [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Schildts and Söderströms, March 2014).
- Une vie après l'autre [One life after another] by Kate Atkinson (Bernard Grasset, January 2015).
- Die Unvollendete [The unfinished] by Kate Atkinson (Droemer, July 2013) [e-book].
- חיים ועוד חיים [Life and more life], as by קייט אטקינסון (Yedioth, 2014).
- Élet az élet után [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Geopen, October 2018).
- Vita dopo vita [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Nord, May 2014).
- 라이프 애프터 라이프 [Life after life], as by 케이트 앳킨슨 (Munsa, November 2014).
- Dzīve pēc dzīves [Life after life], as by Keita Atkinsone (Zvaigzne ABC, 2015).
- Gyvenimas po gyvenimo [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Tyto Alba, 2014).
- Ζωή μετά τη ζωή [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Ekdoseis Metaixmio, November 2013).
- Liv etter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Forlaget Press, 2014).
- زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Butimar, 2017).
- زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Hirmand, May 2017).
- Jej wszystkie życia [All her lives] by Kate Atkinson (Czarna Owca, March 2014).
- Portugal.
Vida após Vida [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Relógio D'Água, February 2014). - Brazil.
O Fio da Vida [The thread of life] by Kate Atkinson (Globo Livros, September 2014). - Viață după viață [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Art, June 2016).
- Жизнь после жизни [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсон (Azbooka, 2014).
- Russian audiobook.
Жизнь после жизни [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (unknown audio publisher, 2017). - Život posle života [Life after life], as by Kejt Atkinson (Laguna, April 2017).
- Život po živote [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Ikar, April 2015).
- Una y otra vez [Again and again] by Kate Atkinson (Lumen, June 2014).
- อดีตจะเปลี่ยนทุกครั้งที่ฉันตาย [The past changes every time I die] by Kate Atkinson (unknown publisher, circa 2020).
- Hayat, Sil Baştan [Life, from the beginning] by Kate Atkinson (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, February 2015).
- Життя за життям [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткінсон (Nash Format, May 2018).
- Chuỗi đời bất tận [Endless life series] by Kate Atkinson (NXB Lao Động, December 2018).
Translations
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- Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, March 2013).
- audio reading.
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (Random House Audiobooks, March 2013). - Bulgarian.
Живот след живот [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсън (Colibri, 2016). - Chinese.
生命不息 [Endless life], as by 凯特·阿特金森 (Hunan, May 2014). - Chinese.
娥蘇拉的生生世世 [The life of Ursula], as by 凱特·亞金森 (Calibre, September 2014). - Croatian.
Život za životom [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Vuković and Runjić, 2016). - Czech.
Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Argo, November 2014). - Czech: Czech audiobook.
Život za životem [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Audiotéka.cz, August 2017). - Danish.
Liv efter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Gads Förlag, May 2014). - Dutch.
Leven na leven [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Atlas Contact, August 2013). - Finnish.
Elämä elämältä [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Schildts and Söderströms, March 2014). - French.
Une vie après l'autre [One life after another] by Kate Atkinson (Bernard Grasset, January 2015). - German.
Die Unvollendete [The unfinished] by Kate Atkinson (Droemer, July 2013) [e-book]. - Hebrew.
חיים ועוד חיים [Life and more life], as by קייט אטקינסון (Yedioth, 2014). - Hungarian.
Élet az élet után [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Geopen, October 2018). - Italian.
Vita dopo vita [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Nord, May 2014). - Korean.
라이프 애프터 라이프 [Life after life], as by 케이트 앳킨슨 (Munsa, November 2014). - Latvian.
Dzīve pēc dzīves [Life after life], as by Keita Atkinsone (Zvaigzne ABC, 2015). - Lithuanian.
Gyvenimas po gyvenimo [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Tyto Alba, 2014). - Modern Greek.
Ζωή μετά τη ζωή [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Ekdoseis Metaixmio, November 2013). - Norwegian.
Liv etter liv [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Forlaget Press, 2014). - Persian.
زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Butimar, 2017). - Persian.
زندگی پس از زندگی [Life after life], as by کیت اتکینسون (Hirmand, May 2017). - Polish.
Jej wszystkie życia [All her lives] by Kate Atkinson (Czarna Owca, March 2014). - Portuguese: Portugal.
Vida após Vida [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Relógio D'Água, February 2014). - Portuguese: Brazil.
O Fio da Vida [The thread of life] by Kate Atkinson (Globo Livros, September 2014). - Romanian.
Viață după viață [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (Art, June 2016). - Russian.
Жизнь после жизни [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткинсон (Azbooka, 2014). - Russian: Russian audiobook.
Жизнь после жизни [Life after life] by Kate Atkinson (unknown audio publisher, 2017). - Serbian.
Život posle života [Life after life], as by Kejt Atkinson (Laguna, April 2017). - Slovak.
Život po živote [Life after life], as by Kate Atkinsonová (Ikar, April 2015). - Spanish.
Una y otra vez [Again and again] by Kate Atkinson (Lumen, June 2014). - Thai.
อดีตจะเปลี่ยนทุกครั้งที่ฉันตาย [The past changes every time I die] by Kate Atkinson (unknown publisher, circa 2020). - Turkish.
Hayat, Sil Baştan [Life, from the beginning] by Kate Atkinson (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, February 2015). - Ukranian.
Життя за життям [Life after life], as by Кейт Аткінсон (Nash Format, May 2018). - Vietnamese.
Chuỗi đời bất tận [Endless life series] by Kate Atkinson (NXB Lao Động, December 2018).