Showing results for "Find" in Contemporary Fiction

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion.

"Find Her" is a light romantic comedy novel about two recent college grads as they try to graduate from playing video games on weekends with each other to finding and dating their first girlfriends. The two main characters, Will and Wade, aged 22, had asked girls out a few times, and tried online dating, but none had resulted in actual dates, much less girlfriends. They moved into an apartment owned by John, a 50-something man who helped them move in, then, a few weeks later invited them to his top level apartment with a deck overlooking the city for a few beers.

I "Stol på din godhed" minder den buddhistiske lærer og psykolog Tara Brach os om at leve med hele vores livskraft, og hun påpeger, at selv midt i en dyb krise, fuld af følelsesmæssig lidelse, kan medfølelse med os selv bære os igennem.