Three Light-Years
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Cecilia and Claudio are doctors at the same hospital. They eat lunch together, sharing conversation and confidences. Each is recovering from a relationship that has ended but is not yet over: she is a vulnerable, young woman with a complicated family...
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Cecilia and Claudio are doctors at the same hospital. They eat lunch together, sharing conversation and confidences. Each is recovering from a relationship that has ended but is not yet over: she is a vulnerable, young woman with a complicated family situation and two small children; he continues to live in the same building with his senile mother and his ex-wife and her new family. Though they are drawn together magnetically, life has taught them to treat that attraction with suspicion.But a chance encounter with Cecilia's sister, Silvia, shifts the precarious balance of the relationship between the two doctors. Claudio begins to see the difficulties inherent in his approach toward life-his weary "Why not?" response, rather than indicating a hunger for life and experiences, is simply a default setting; saying no would require an energy and focus he lacks. And just when Cecilia comes to the realization that she loves Claudio and is ready to commit to a genuine relationship, fate steps in once again.
In lucid, melancholy prose, elegantly rendered into English by Anne Milano Appel, Andrea Canobbio sketches a fable of love poisoned by indecision and ambivalence in Three Light-Years, laying bare the dangers of playing it safe when it comes to matters of the hear
Autoren-Porträt von Andrea Canobbio
Andrea Canobbio, geboren 1962 in Turin, ist Lektor für englischsprachige Literatur beim Verlag Einaudi. Er erhielt für seine Romane und Erzählungen zahlreiche Preise.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andrea Canobbio
- 2015, 368 Seiten, Maße: 20,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Picador
- ISBN-10: 1250069319
- ISBN-13: 9781250069313
Sprache:
Englisch
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