The Past - Hardcover

Pauls, Alan

3.73

1,060 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184343220X ISBN 13: 9781843432203

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2007

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'A novel that is brilliant enough to raise itself effortlessly above and beyond the level of the vices it portrays: strange art and reckless passion, cocaine, excessive exercise and other forms of addiction.' Fabienne Dum, Le Monde

R�mini splits up with his girlfriend of twelve years, Sof�a. The parting is initially amicable and he moves on, carefree, with a new zest for life. Hungry to make up for lost time and keen to forget the past, he finds a younger girlfriend and starts using cocaine.

Sof�a, however, finds herself unable to let go, and continues to reappear on R�mini's horizon. As hard as R�mini tries to forget, Sof�a will not let him. Though the apparently idyllic relationship is over, their love has not died, merely taken on a different form. As time passes and their paths continue to cross, the past festers and torments them, like an infection.

(2005-01-07)

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Review:

It soars in terms of style... Alan Pauls' finest work so far, displaying a rare intelligence... a momentous novel (Martin Schifino, TLS)

Bold and powerful writing (El Pais)

A novel that is brilliant enough to raise itself effortlessly above and beyond the level of the vices it portrays: strange art and reckless passion, cocaine, excessive exercise and other forms of addiction. (Le Monde)

Book Description:

A stunning tale of love gone bad: passion, obsession, sex and cocaine, all in excess.. Riveting from start to finish.

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