Separate Rooms

"Thomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover. So, he condemns himself to wandering the earth instead, moving cities every few weeks in the hope of finding the dividing line between the living and the dead. He travels through Europe where past and present overlap, years merge and faces emerge, and reminders of the life he and Thomas shared are on every corner. From their meeting and nights spent in Paris to the drug-induced flight through the forests of northern France that spelled [GU1] the end, Leo s memories become clearer with every road he takes much as he wishes he could simply forget alive, and wanting to preserve the passion of their relationship, Leo had forced Thomas to live separately: in separate rooms, separate towns, with separate lives. But now, face to face with true solitude, Leo must finally reckon with the impossible striving of memory to recreate life and, ultimately, cross an ocean to find the strength to go on."--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Pier Vittorio Tondelli was born in Correggio in 1955 and died in 1991. He made his debut in 1980 with Altri libertini, which was followed in 1982 by Pao Pao. In 1985 he published the novel Rimini, followed by Biglietti agli amici in 1986 and Separate Rooms in 1989.

Product details

• Authors: Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Pier Vittorio Tondelli
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9781638932086
• ISBN: 978-1-63893-208-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Media Tie-In, Of specific Gay interest, Relating to gay people, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION / World Literature / Italy, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary