{"product_id":"the-living-realm-jordan-tannahill","title":"The Living Realm (Jordan Tannahill)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Belongs in the firmament of great gay fiction' \u003c\/strong\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A beautiful novel'\u003c\/strong\u003e SEÁN HEWITT\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I tore through it'\u003c\/strong\u003e JOSH SILVER\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eThe stunning new novel from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/em\u003e, follows a British expat in Berlin who begins to see his dead lovers at a cruising lake on the outskirts of the city.\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhile cruising one evening by Teufelssee, a small glacial lake in the Grunewald forest on the edge of Berlin, a man spots a handsome stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to his former lover. Only, Lukas died nearly thirty years ago. Yet the man cannot shake the feeling that it was really Lukas he saw.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eOver the course of one long, hot summer with friends and lovers at the lake, this first sighting sets off a string of strange encounters. As the man learns more of Teufelssee, he finds himself venturing deeper into the mystery of the surrounding forest. He begins to wonder if these meetings are real or imagined, if they take place in the past or the present, and what they might reveal about the nature of time itself and his place within its flow.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003ePart ghost story, part love story, this ecstatic, sexy and exquisitely written novel offers an elegy to the ways our lives become entangled with history, the natural world and those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A novel that rises to its subject: the whole of life' \u003c\/strong\u003eGARTH GREENWELL, author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Full of love and wonder ... transforms farewell into summer without end'\u003c\/strong\u003e JEREMY ATHERTON LIN, author of \u003cem\u003eDeep House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Mesmerising ...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI couldn't put it down'\u003c\/strong\u003e WILLIAM RAYFET HUNTER, author of \u003cem\u003eSunstruck \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Tannahill captures so much in a slim, hypnotic novel'\u003c\/strong\u003e TASH AW, author of \u003cem\u003eThe South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Remarkable ... I finished in floods of cleansing tears' \u003c\/strong\u003eJACK PARLETT, author of \u003cem\u003eFlamboyance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An expertly crafted ghost story overflowing with life' \u003c\/strong\u003eSAMANTHA JOSEPHS, author of \u003cem\u003eCarrying\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A deeply tender and mystical meditation on desire and aging ... left me breathless' \u003c\/strong\u003eHUW LEMMEY, co-author of \u003cem\u003eBad Gays: A Homosexual History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Feels destined to become a classic of queer literature'\u003c\/strong\u003e TOBI COVENTRY, author of \u003cem\u003eHe's the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJORDAN TANNAHILL \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and adapted into a major BBC drama series, and the debut novel, \u003cem\u003eLiminal\u003c\/em\u003e, which received France's Prix des Jeunes Libraires. He has twice received Canada's Governor General's Award for Drama. His plays and performance texts have been presented at venues including the Young Vic Theatre, Festival d'Avignon, Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Volkstheater in Vienna, and on the West End. His most recent play, \u003cem\u003ePrince Faggot\u003c\/em\u003e, ran Off-Broadway in New York for seven months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66142231232861,"sku":"K011070793","price":15.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1107079300001A.jpg?v=1791403768","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-living-realm-jordan-tannahill","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}