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Leonella Basiglini

    Terapia d'amore
    Every Seventh Wave
    Love Virtually
    • Love Virtually

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Have you ever just clicked with someone? Is there a safer space for secret desires than virtual reality? "Just what you need" WENDY HOLDEN It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. A few brief exchanges are all it takes to spark a mutual interest in each other, and soon Emmi and Leo are sharing their innermost secrets and longings. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person. But they keep putting off the moment - the prospect both unsettles and excites them. And, after all, Emmi is happily married. Will their feelings for each other survive the test of a real-life encounter? Translated from German by Jamie Bulloch and Katharina Bielenberg

      Love Virtually
      4.0
    • Every Seventh Wave

      • 263 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      'Love Virtually' ended as Leo abruptly departed for a new life in the United States, determined to end once and for all the intense cyber-exchange that threatened Emmi's marriage and his own happiness. But shouldn't these unconventional lovers--intimates who have never met in person--get another chance? Readers thought so, and begged for more. The captivating story continues as Leo returns from Boston and gradually resumes his email contact with Emmi. But now he has his own real-life relationship, with Pamela, a woman from the US. Still, Emmi and Leo cannot stop writing to each other, no matter the consequences. When Pamela learns of Leo's secret and unusual liaison, she returns home, and Emmi's marriage to Bernhard is tested to its limits. Once again Daniel Glattauer delivers an irresistible page-turner--and a sequel worthy of the original.

      Every Seventh Wave
      3.9
    • Terapia d'amore

      • 114 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Innamorarsi è come immergersi in una bolla sospesa nel tempo, dove esistono solo due persone. Joana e Valentin si sono incontrati a un corso di sub, diventando subito la coppia perfetta. Dopo un colpo di fulmine, si sono sposati, hanno avuto figli e una casa, vivendo una storia da favola. Ma cosa succede quando l'aria inizia a mancare in quella bolla? Diciassette anni dopo, si trovano nello studio di uno psicologo, seduti agli estremi opposti di un divano. Joana accusa Valentin di essere freddo e assente, mentre lui non sopporta la sua invadenza e la mancanza di ascolto. La loro interazione sembra riflettere una triste dinamica di disincanto e rabbia. Ma cosa accadrebbe se i ruoli si ribaltassero e il terapeuta avesse a sua volta problemi di cuore? L'autore, dopo il successo del suo romanzo d'esordio, utilizza la forma della commedia teatrale per esplorare cosa succede quando l'amore vacilla. Con dialoghi serrati e colpi di scena, gioca con i cliché di un matrimonio in crisi, mescolando ironia e cinismo per interrogarsi su cosa farebbero il Principe azzurro e la Bella principessa dopo anni di matrimonio.

      Terapia d'amore
      3.6