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Simon & Schuster
June 2008
On Sale: June 10, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 1416572651
EAN: 9781416572657
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Literature and Fiction Literary
Following the appearance of two stories in The New
Yorker, German author, playwright, and journalist Maxim
Biller makes his English-language debut with a collection of
remarkable and beautifully wrought short stories, Love
Today. These twenty-seven exquisite vignettes reveal
the frustration, longing, and loneliness of human intimacy
and love in the twenty-first century. A moment of dialogue
between two people seated in an empty bar in "Baghdad at
Seven-Thirty" evokes fragility, helplessness, and regret.
The childhood friends who meet accidentally throughout the
years in "Ziggy Stardust" are alternately drawn toward and
repulsed from each other; and the fleeting text messages
exchanged in "The Maserati Years" change everything between
two lovers in an instant. Collectively, the result is
romantic, voyeuristic, and deeply moving. Already a force
in contemporary German literature, Maxim Biller has received
praise from critics and readers alike throughout Europe for
his perceptive, enchanting prose and the hauntingly familiar
emotions his stories can provoke. Love Today
introduces a new and gifted writing talent, and an
accomplished international literary voice.
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