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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.… (altro)
Reading Love Today one can't help but wonder what kind of love life the author Mazin Biller has had. The book is a collection of short stories about "love". All 27 of them are short, sad, and depressing. If this book was true indication of love today,then our species would be in serious trouble. ( )
Maxim Biller’s Love Today dissects the inner workings of romantic relationships, specifically focusing on the ending of relationships or on those that ended before they even begun. Biller deftly explores the dynamics of breaking up when you’re not sure you want to, breaking up when you’re not sure you want to but you have to, mental illness and depression, jealousy and politics, and the recreation of past experiences while rebounding. With a melancholic tone throughout, Biller negotiates compatibility with initial raw attraction, urging the reader to consider whether these aspects are mutually exclusive in relationships or if these attributes cannot successfully exist alone. While the characters in the stories of Love Today are fairly diverse, with different backgrounds and European nationalities, the pervasive brooding tone limits the messages of these tales to a singular pessimistic conclusion on the topic of love. ( )
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Wahrscheinlich war das alles im Juli, denn die Linden blühten. Boris Pasternak, Geleitbrief
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Er wartete auf sie drei Monate lang. Er sortierte seine Fotos, brachte Ordnung in seine Bücher und räumte ein paar Möbel um, und dann wartete er weiter.
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Ein zarter karmesinroter Schleier im Stil der frühen Impressionisten bedeckte Annikas Wangen. Sie streckte, mit nach hinten angewinkeltem Bein, der Mumie ihren Oberkörper entgegen und küßte sie dahin, wo sie hinter der dicken, braunen Folie Tischmanns Mund vermutete.
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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