Florian Zeller's Lovers or Something Like It is a true novel for
our time, a story of the futility of love for the lost souls of
Generation X. When disaffected young Parisian Tristan meets pretty,
fragile Amelie he is thrown off guard by his feelings for her. He
had sworn to stay single forever, loving and leaving a trail of
heartbroken women in his wake. He hasn't done anything to deserve
falling in love: why him and why Amelie? Is she really so special?
Tristan is torn between tenderness and desire, and as their
relationship grows ever more complex, he finds it impossible to
avoid betrayal. Lovers or Something Like It is an intelligent and
sensitive portrayal of the doubts and desires of a new generation,
suffering from the agony of indecision and facing too many choices
to feel true contentment. 'One of the hottest literary talents in
France' - Chris Schuler, The Independent 'An intellectual prodigy.'
- Observer 'There is a drop of Kundera in there, and a whiff of
Houllebecq. But what strikes you is a breathless, edgy, almost
stifled sincerity' - Le Figaro 'Florian Zeller has a talent that
can be frightening. This knowledge of life, these descriptions of
feelings, this disturbing perception of love, this apprehension of
death ... each page of the novel contains something astonishing ...
Zeller is disarming. More than promising he is bursting with
talent.' -Aurelie SarotMetroFlorian Zeller (born in 1979) is a
critically acclaimed French novelist and playwright, the recipient
of numerous literary awards, a university lecturer at the
prestigious Sciences-Po in Paris, and a journalist for Paris Match,
Vogueand Vol de Nuit. For his first novel Artificial Snow he
received the Hachette Foundation Literary Prize, the Writing Talent
Award from the Jean-Luc Lagardere Foundation and the New Writer
Award from the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation.His third novel
The Fascination of Evil, received the Prix Interallie, and he has
been awarded the Prix Jeune Theatre de l'Academie Francaise for his
plays. He lives in Paris with his wife, the model, actress and
sculptor Marine Delterme. His novels Artificial Snow (Neiges
Artificielles), Lovers or Something Like It (Les amants du n
importe quoi), Julien Parme and The Fascination of Evil (La
fascination du pire) are all available from Pushkin Press.
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