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Number of Pages
229
Age Group
All
Language
English
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Book Summary
This is a contemporary literary fiction novel that delves into mortality, estrangement, and the absurdities of life. Told through a quiet, observant lens, it follows a man who, when confronted with a life-changing prognosis, embarks on a search for a lost love. The intended reader is adult readers who appreciate character-driven storytelling with a restrained emotional toneโintrospective, gently hopeful, and reflective.
The narrative is story-led and tightly focused on one man's decisions after the diagnosis. He leaves behind routine, sells his Paris apartment, and sets off in search of memory and possibility. His journey moves from the city's cafรฉs to his Swiss homeland, revisiting familiar streets and a lakeside memory that lingers. The tone is quiet, elegiac, and humane, inviting readers to contemplate what makes life meaningful.
The prose is spare and precise, with an observational voice that notices small details of days and gestures. Readers experience the interior life as the protagonist weighs what might have been against what is possible, without sensationalism. Themes of time, longing, and the finite nature of life unfold through his travels and return to a place that once shaped him.
Readers finish with a tempered outlook on time and a renewed curiosity about everyday moments. They emerge with a deeper appreciation for small, intimate experiences and a sense of resilience that survives even when life unfolds in unexpected ways.
Product Details
Author
Peter Stamm
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
229
Language
English
SKU
9781590512791
ISBN
9781590512791
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
13.59x2.29x20.07cm
Binding
Hardback
MRP: โน 2,250
โน 2,138
โน 112 Off