Room on the sea

R$ 82,90

Sinopse

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME'A top-notch beach read.' DAILY MAIL'Absorbing.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'The perfect escapist read.' INEWSHave you ever had the sense that maybe all lives are nothing more than the chronicle of countless stinging might-have-beens that continue to haunt us?In the scorching New York heat, a hundred people wait to be selected as jurors. Paul is reading a newspaper. Catherine is reading a novel.So begins a whirlwind flirtation: over cappuccinos in Manhattan and gallery trips to Chelsea, Paul and Catherine escape into the illusion of an Italian getaway. Their feelings quickly evolve into something deeper, something - as mature adults with lives of their own - Paul and Catherine must carry on in secret, with the understanding that anything more than a casual crush is out of the question. But as the sultry summer week draws to a close, the end of their rendezvous comes into focus, and Paul and Catherine are forced to decide whether to act on their feelings or leave the fantasy of what could have been to the annals of the past.Readers adore Room on the Sea:'What a beautiful short novel . . .I savoured every page.' ?????'I'm a sucker for books that describe missed opportunities and longing. And here's another one who captures it perfectly.' ?????'Aciman really knows how to tune into that magical feeling of finding a soulmate.' ?????

Participantes

Autor: Andre Aciman

Autor

ANDRE ACIMAN

André Aciman (Alexandria – Egito, 1951) pertence a uma família de judeus expatriados que buscou o exílio na Itália e, depois, nos EUA. Doutorou-se em literatura comparada por Harvard, lecionou em Princeton e hoje é professor no The Graduate Center de Nova York, tendo Marcel Proust como um dos seus principais objetos de pesquisa. Publica não ficção, como o memorialístico Out of Egypt (1994), e ficção, como Me chame pelo seu nome (2018) – este adaptado para o cinema pelo diretor italiano Luca Guadagnino, aclamado nos festivais de Berlim, Toronto, do Rio, no Sundance e ganhador do Oscar de melhor roteiro adaptado em 2018.