This month we'll be discussing THE POLYGLOT LOVERS by Lina Wolff. We'll talk about the novel's structure, our favorite passages, and what the author is trying to accomplish, among other things! Enjoy complimentary baklava from Aleppo Sweets and meet new book friends!

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ABOUT THE POLYGLOT LOVERS:

AT A GLANCE:

'A highly enjoyable absurdist comedy about love and desperation.' -
Joanna Kavenna, The Guardian

‘A sharp-eyed, sometimes surreal, often funny take on male-female power dynamics.’ - Mary Ellen Quinn, BookList

‘Whip-smart and deliciously cynical ... smart, funny, and sad in turns.' - Kirkus Reviews

SYNOPSIS:

‘Do you have to stare like that?’ I asked.

‘Think about the actors in porn. They’ve got no problem showing themselves off.’

‘Think about when I broke your nose,’ I replied.

Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded by a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover, a woman who will understand him—in every tongue. His search takes him to Italy, where he befriends a marchesa whose old Roman family is on the brink of ruin. At the heart of this literary intrigue is a handwritten manuscript that leaves no one unaffected.

The Polyglot Lovers is a fiercely witty and nuanced contribution to feminism in the #metoo era. Pleasure is an elusive thing, love even more so.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Swedish writer Lina Wolff has lived and worked in Italy and Spain. During her years in Valencia and Madrid, she began to write her short story collection Many People Die Like You. Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs, her first novel, was awarded the prestigious Vi Magazine Literature Prize and shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 Swedish Radio Award for Best Novel of the Year. It was published by And Other Stories in 2018, followed by her second novel, The Polyglot Lovers, in 2019. Wolff now lives in southern Sweden.

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