Enigma Variations: A Novel (US)

Enigma Variations: A Novel Paperback – January 9, 2018 by André Aciman (Author).

Enigma Variations charts the life of a man named Paul, whose loves remain as consuming and as covetous throughout his adulthood as they were in his adolescence. Whether againstthe backdrop of southern Italy, where he develops a crush on his parents cabinetmaker, or a snowbound campus in New England, where his enduring passion for a girl he'll meet again and again over the years is punctuated by anonymous encounters with men; whether he's on a tennis court in Central Park, or on a New York sidewalk in early spring, his attachments are ungraspable, transient, and forever underwritten by raw desire - not for just one person's body but, inevitably, for someone else's aswell. Ahead of every step Paul takes, his hopes, denials, fears, and regrets are always ready to lay their traps. Yet the dream of love lingers. We may not always know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. But sooner or later we discover who we've always known we were.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 210 x 20.32mm | 226.8g
• Publication date 01 Feb 2018
• Publisher St Martin's Press
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 1250159970
• ISBN13 9781250159977