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The rediscovered gay cult classic, published in English for the first time in thirty years'A classic of Italian gay fiction . . . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos'SUNDAY TIMES'A story of love and youth and pain that will have you clutching at your heart . . . Surely one of the best novels I've ever read'ANDREW SEAN GREER, author of LESS and VILLA COCO'Beautiful and poignant'THE TIMESWith an introduction by André Aciman, bestselling author of Call Me by Your NameThomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.Wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with regret and nostalgia and the impossible striving of memory to recreate life.'An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief'NEW YORK TIMES'A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved'JACK PARLETT, author of Fire Island'A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love'EDMUND WHITE'Confronting and revelatory . . . Tondelli's novel reminds us that there are many ways to love'ANOTHER MAGAZINESoon to be a major film directed by Luca Guadagnino (and rumoured to feature a very special Heated Rivalry star... )

The rediscovered gay cult classic, published in English for the first time in thirty years'Is this overlooked Italian novel the new Call Me by Your Name? A classic of Italian gay fiction . . . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos'SUNDAY TIMES'An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief'NEW YORK TIMES'Beautiful and poignant'THE TIMES'A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved'JACK PARLETT, author of Fire Island'A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love'EDMUND WHITEWith an introduction by André Aciman, bestselling author of Call Me by Your NameThomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.He travels through Europe where past and present overlap, years merge and faces emerge - and where reminders of the life he and Thomas shared are on every corner. Leo's memories become clearer with every road he takes, much as he wishes he could simply forget. Wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with the impossible striving of memory to recreate life and, ultimately, cross an ocean to find the strength to go on.André Aciman's Call Me by Your Name meets Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: Separate Rooms is a singular and unforgettable meditation on almost-ideal love, told in three musical movements, by a fiery and unforgettable literary talent.Soon to be a major film directed by Luca Guadagnino (and rumoured to feature a very special Heated Rivalry star... )

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDRÉ ACIMAN, AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME'A classic of Italian gay fiction . . . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos'THE SUNDAY TIMES'An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief'NEW YORK TIMES'Beautiful and poignant'THE TIMES'A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved'JACK PARLETT, author of Fire IslandThomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.He travels through Europe where past and present overlap, years merge and faces emerge - and where reminders of the life he and Thomas shared are on every corner. Leo's memories become clearer with every road he takes, much as he wishes he could simply forget. Wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with the impossible striving of memory to recreate life and, ultimately, cross an ocean to find the strength to go on.

Your next Pride Month read: the rediscovered gay cult classic, published in English for the first time in thirty years

''A classic of Italian gay fiction . . . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos''SUNDAY TIMES''A story of love and youth and pain that will have you clutching at your heart . . . Surely one of the best novels I''ve ever read''ANDREW SEAN GREER, author of Less and Villa Coco''Beautiful and poignant''THE TIMESWith an introduction by André Aciman, bestselling author of Call Me by Your NameThomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.Wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with regret and nostalgia and the impossible striving of memory to recreate life.''An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief''NEW YORK TIMES''A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved''JACK PARLETT, author of Fire Island''A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love''EDMUND WHITE''Confronting and revelatory . . . Tondelli''s novel reminds us that there are many ways to love''ANOTHER MAGAZINESoon to be a major film directed by Luca Guadagnino (and rumoured to feature a very special Heated Rivalry star... )

'This rediscovered novel with a killer vintage soundtrack screams "summer reading"'THE TIMES'A singular voice' NEW YORK TIMES'Tondelli shaped the sound of a generation' PARIS REVIEW Summer 1983, Rimini.Against the crowded panorama of the Adriatic Riviera, dazzling with its neon lights and promised pleasures, seven lives intersect. A young journalist on his first important assignment, determined to unravel a web of political corruption.A woman searching for her runaway teenage sister - and a new life after the end of her marriage. A gossip columnist who follows the dramatic unfolding of an international literary prize. A lonely musician, seeking solace amidst the clubs and discos that throng Rimini's beachfront strip. A pair of penniless film directors who hatch a harebrained scheme to finance their dreams.And the owner of a crumbling hotel, whose bad fortunes will drive him to desperate lengths.An electrifying portrait of the simmering world of grifters, hedonists, dreamers and crooks who set the Italian Riviera of the 1980s alight, Rimini is a dazzling masterpiece of contemporary fiction, now translated into English for the first time. 'Tondelli sets out to subvert the canons of holiday literature . . . [Rimini is] the Great Adriatic Novel'IL GIORNALE'In his meteoric career, Tondelli established himself as the most precise chronicler of 1980s provincial Italy and its atmosphere of widespread hedonism and extravagance . . . a merry-go-round of cheap thrills and fleeting summer romances'SUNDAY TIMES

Summer 1983, Rimini.On the beaches and in the nightclubs of the Adriatic Riviera, dazzling with its neon lights and promised pleasures, seven lives intersect. A young journalist on his first important assignment, determined to unravel a web of political corruption.A woman searching for her runaway teenage sister - and a new life after the end of her marriage. A gossip columnist who follows the dramatic unfolding of an international literary prize. A lonely musician, seeking solace amidst the clubs and discos that throng Rimini's beachfront strip. A pair of penniless film directors who hatch a harebrained scheme to finance their dreams.And the owner of a crumbling hotel, whose bad fortunes will drive him to desperate lengths.An electrifying portrait of the simmering world of grifters, hedonists, dreamers and crooks who set the Italian Riviera of the 1980s alight, Rimini is a masterpiece of contemporary fiction, now translated into English for the first time.

És l''atzar qui fa que Leo i Thomas es coneguin en una multitudinària festa a París. Leo és un escriptor italià consolidat i reconegut, mentre que Thomas, un jove alemany, aspira a ser pianista. Malgrat la diferència d''edat, viuen una relació intensíssima però feta de trobades arreu d''Europa, ja que no volen ni poden viure sota el mateix sostre. La seva passió es conté i es desferma durant anys en habitacions separades, en ciutats separades, amb vides separades.Fins que Thomas emmalalteix i acaba morint, i Leo coneix l''autèntica soledat, alhora consolat i turmentat pels seus records. Potser l''únic camí és oblidar.Recuperem una novel·la esplèndida, que es desplega en tres moviments musicals, d''un autor de culte de la literatura europea dels vuitanta.