{"product_id":"9780982520451","title":"Love Doesn't Work","description":"\u003cbr\u003eStories hilarious and haunting, characters reckless and wary, wise and wanting - \u003ci\u003eLove Doesn’t Work\u003c\/i\u003e works absolutely. These stories have a futuristic feel to them - almost a literary science fiction reminiscent of Ray Bradbury. Readers will enjoy their way through Henning Koch's ideas as expressed by his characters.\u003cp\u003eEnduring her jet-set life in Sardinia, a woman has learnt to sublimate her erotic longings caused by her husband’s impotence, until a visitor offers a more immediate solution. A claustrophobic banker fears the destruction of his relationship when he discovers a yawning hole beneath the streets of Stockholm. The arrival of a gorgeous Russian piano prodigy inspires a screenwriter to look beyond his treadmill London existence. And while fixing a leaking toilet in the wilds of Sweden, Ingmar Bergman explains the predicament of lovers in a hostile world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Doesn’t Work \u003c\/i\u003eoffers classic storytelling with profound, startling insights into human desire and its shortfalls. Inspired by the ancient Cathars, these seven tales present a vision of life as an inevitable struggle against ignorance, darkness and sexual confusion. Devilish and playful in tone, they leave the reader with a sense of outraged satisfaction and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenning Koch \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Sweden in 1962 but has spent most of his life in England, Spain and Italy. He has worked as a screenwriter and literary translator. \u003ci\u003eLove Doesn’t Work \u003c\/i\u003eis his first published story collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020968542448,"sku":"9780982520451","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982520451_p0.jpg?v=1763878706","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982520451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}