The Gentleman From Peru

Name: The Gentleman From Peru
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SKU: 9780571385119
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A dazzling summer story from the bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name

By André Aciman

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We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming... but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way. A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi... Read More

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The Gentleman From Peru

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A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name.

A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name.

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We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming... but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way.

A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest – a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette, sometimes two.

When the group decides to invite the elegant traveller to lunch with them, they cannot begin to imagine the miraculous abilities, strange wisdom, and a life-changing story he is about to impart to one of the friends in particular...

Deeply atmospheric and sensual, The Gentleman From Peru weaves achingly poignant insight into a story of regret, fate and epic love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571385119

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Andre Aciman is the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Out of Egypt, Eight White Nights, False Papers, Alibis,Harvard Square, Enigma Variations, Find Me, and the essay collection Homo Irrealis. He's the editor of The Proust Project and teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his wife in Manhattan.

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