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Now in paperback, a story of teenage love in Cold War-era Germany.For a fifteen-year-old, falling in love can eclipse everything else in the world, and make a few short weeks feel like a lifetime of experience. In Love Writ Large , Navid Kermani captures those intense feelings, from the emotional explosion of a first kiss to the staggering loss of a first breakup. As his teenage protagonist is wrapped up in these all-consuming feelings, however, Germany is in the crosshairs of the Cold War—and even the personal dramas of a small-town grammar school are shadowed by the threat of the nuclear arms race. Kermani’s novel manages to capture these social tensions without sacrificing any of the all-consuming passion of first love and, in a unique touch, sets the boy’s struggles within the larger frame of the stories and lives of numerous Arabic and Persian mystics. His becomes a timeless tale that reflects on the multiple ways love, loss, and risk weigh on our everyday lives.
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Love Writ Large, Navid Kermani
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2022
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- Titolo
- Love Writ Large
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Navid Kermani
- Editore
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Pubblicato
- 2022
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 212
- ISBN13
- 9781803090061
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Storie vere, Biografie, Letteratura romantica, Amore, Politica, Autobiografie e memorie, Letteratura tedesca, Germania, Scuola, Gioventù, Mistica, Primo amore, Sofferenza, Amore d'Infanzia
- Valutazione
- 3,45 su 5
- Descrizione
- Now in paperback, a story of teenage love in Cold War-era Germany.For a fifteen-year-old, falling in love can eclipse everything else in the world, and make a few short weeks feel like a lifetime of experience. In Love Writ Large , Navid Kermani captures those intense feelings, from the emotional explosion of a first kiss to the staggering loss of a first breakup. As his teenage protagonist is wrapped up in these all-consuming feelings, however, Germany is in the crosshairs of the Cold War—and even the personal dramas of a small-town grammar school are shadowed by the threat of the nuclear arms race. Kermani’s novel manages to capture these social tensions without sacrificing any of the all-consuming passion of first love and, in a unique touch, sets the boy’s struggles within the larger frame of the stories and lives of numerous Arabic and Persian mystics. His becomes a timeless tale that reflects on the multiple ways love, loss, and risk weigh on our everyday lives.