- Self-realization, Desire (Philosophy), Fiction, New York Times reviewed
"A passionate portrait of love's contradictory power, in five illuminating stories André Aciman, who has been called "the most exciting new fiction writer of the twenty-first century" (New York magazine), has written a novel that chronicles the life of Paul, whose loves remain as consuming and covetous throughout his life as they were in adolescence.
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Grave, prestige, contemplative and contemporary.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- André Aciman
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 277
- Publisher
- Holtzbrinck Publishers, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250159977
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