Love's cowardice

Author: (German) Gennachino, translated by Zhou Xinjia
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "The Timidity of Love" is a selected work of German literature for the "Best Foreign Novel of the 21st Century" in 2005. The protagonist is a 52-year-old expert in prophecies of the end times. He loves two women at the same time and alternates between joy and sorrow in this situation. He is unable to give up either of them and unwilling to enter into marriage with either, fearing the loss of his freedom. He observes the world outside and his own body, half-seriously and half-satirically reflecting on his life. The work meticulously portrays the survival state of a man who has passed middle age.