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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…
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3 editions · 2 languages- Hardcover · English · 2008Love TodaySimon & Schuster · 224 pages · 9781416572657
- Paperback · German · 2009FISCHER Taschenbuch · 9783596172603
- Other · German · 2007Kiepenheuer & Witsch · 197 pages · 9783462037029
German Love storiesLove stories, GermanGerman Romance fictionRomance fiction




