Paris, so to speak / Navid Kermani ; translated by Wieland Hoban.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kermani, Navid, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Hoban, Wieland, translator.

Flora Haney Fund.

Series:

German list

The German list

Standardized Title:

Sozusagen Paris. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Fiction.

Marriage.

First loves--Fiction.

First loves.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Genre:

Fiction.

Romance fiction.

Physical Description:

227 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Seagull Books, 2023.

Summary:

"A writer has penned a novel about the great love of his youth. After a public reading, he is approached by a woman he doesn't recognize--but it's his lover. He is the author; she, the figure in his novel. The young girl from back then has turned into an interesting and attractive woman--but she's also married. Soon the situation becomes a little strange: they sit down together, have a glass of wine, talk about French romantic novels, ask each other what one expects of love when one grows older. And all the while her husband is sitting in the next room. How is this going to end? Navid Kermani has written a romantic novel like no other--surprising, witty, profound--and one can barely put it down"--Jacket front flap.

Notes:

English translation ©Wieland Hoban, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora Haney Fund.

ISBN:

9781803090702

1803090707

OCLC:

1304340060

Publisher Number:

99993508048