The Archive of Feelings
by Peter Stamm
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"Given a second chance with an old love, a coolly detached archivist questions the life he could have had, and whether it's not too late to live it. A poignant, ingeniously constructed new novel from "one of Europe's most exciting writers" (New York Times Book Review). Forty years ago-almost a lifetime-he confessed his love to a classmate and close friend, Franziska. Now, living in his late mother's house with the obsolete archive of the newspaper he once worked for, he looks back on days show more spent poring over files and clippings, increasingly withdrawn from the world. His occasional relationships never amounted to anything, and the memory of Franziska-who became pop singer Fabienne-continues to haunt him as she appears in the media. When the two cross paths again, the possibility of a different life feels achingly real. But should he risk the comfort of his ordered existence for a romance that might never match what he imagined? A subtle, mesmerizing portrait of late-blooming passion, The Archive of Feelings showcases Peter Stamm at his best"-- show lessTags
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Non coñecía ao autor, e non me defraudou. Un estudo pormenorizado da personalidade de quen xa vive sen ningún gusto pola vida, un ermitaño que busca a soidade pese a que soña co amor, alguén que renunciou á todo e nárrase a si mesmo nun soliloquio implacable a través dun arquivo en cuxa clasificación sobrevive. Eu son o que son.
Dec 28, 2024Galician
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Archive of Feelings
- Original title
- Das Archiv der Gefühle
- Original publication date
- 2021
- First words
- There was a bit of rain earlier, now the sky's just half-clouded-over with tough little cloud whose rims are picked out in the sunlight.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 833.92 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1990-
- LCC
- PT2681 .T3234 .A8813 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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Statistics
- Members
- 63
- Popularity
- 491,007
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.04)
- Languages
- 5 — Catalan, English, French, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 3
