TEHRAN-- Love, Etc.
by Julian Barnes has recently been released in Persian by Saless.Soheil Sommi is the translator of the unique initially published in 1992.
Two times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Barnes continues to revitalize the unique with his pyrotechnic spoken ability and lively adjustment of plot and character.
In Love, Etc.
, he utilizes all the surprising, advanced ingredients of a delightful farce to produce a tragicomedy of human frailties and needs.After spending a decade in America as an effective entrepreneur, Stuart goes back to London and decides to look up his ex-wife Gillian.
Their relationship had actually ended years before when Stuarts amusing, feckless, previous friend Oliver stole her away.
Now Stuart finds that the intervening years have left Olivers artistic ambitions in ruins and his relationship with Gillian on less than strong footing.
When Stuart starts to believe that he may be able to undo the outcomes of their betrayal, he solves to act.
Written as an intimate series of crosscutting monologues that permit each character to whisper their secrets and analyses straight to the reader, Love, Etc.
is an unsettling assessment of confessional culture and an extensive reflection on the power of perspective.Photo: Front cover of the Persian edition of Julian Barness unique Love, Etc.
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