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The Woman Who Looked Like Sophia L.

An Epistolary Email Romanza

Curt Leviant author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dzanc Books

Published:4th Apr '24

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With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countryside

Successful author Giorgio is vacationing in Parma when he meets Sofia, a beautiful woman who bears a striking resemblance to the famous Italian actress Sophia Loren. Giorgio is ecstatic when the lookalike asks for his email, expressing her desire to stay in touch and discuss a problem of hers. To his disappointment, their communication consists not of their own budding romance, but of the details of Sofia’s extramarital love affair, a drama that plays out with characters Giorgio has never met. Sofia consults the author in writing an ending to her story—and as authors do, Giorgio rewrites it, desperate to find a place for himself in it.
 
In this enticing email romanza, Leviant delivers a breathless confessional with two beginnings and two endings, leaving it up to the reader to decipher what’s real.

"In this short e-pistolary novel, a seasoned American author, Giorgio, is caught between reality and fantasy in pursuing his infatuation with an Italian beauty. ... The work is lifted by its wry charm and creepy cleverness." —Kirkus Reviews


“Leviant offers a witty meditation on romantic infatuation . . . [Giorgio and Sofia’s] comical correspondence builds to a revealing portrait of hopeless wish fulfillment. An amusing anti–fairy tale.” —Publishers Weekly


Past Praise for Kafka's Son


Kafka’s Son is a realistic fantasy, a captivating maze, a detective novel, a love story, with multiple layers that never ceases to delight.” —Magazine Litteraire (France)

“Leviant likes to captivate and dazzle his readers. He is part of a family of writers consisting of Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and to them he’s a mischievous cousin.” —Le Monde

ISBN: 9781950539918

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