THE CHRONICLE OF ERIC NEUHOFF – There is everything in this 700-page novel. A love story, the portrait of a continent with its metropolises and its countryside, a reflection on algorithms and an immense nostalgia.
Alert all patrols. The romance is back. Hallelujah! Well-being is full of them by the ton. It almost makes you dizzy. It sounds like a supercharged Updike, a Franzen without the lengths. The book begins with a silent thunderbolt. Every evening, Jack and Elizabeth observe each other in the dark from their respective homes. They live in Chicago in buildings that face each other. Plunged into darkness, they imagine each other’s lives. The real meeting takes place in a trendy bar in 1993. Their password will be summed up as follows: “Come with.” No need to finish the sentence. They understand each other half-heartedly.
Twenty years later, things have changed a bit. Jack teaches art history. Elizabeth devotes herself to placebos at her wellness institute. Their son Toby throws tantrums that are as terrible as they are unexplained. When it comes to buying an apartment off-plan in the upscale suburb of Park Shore, the wife demands separate bedrooms. Atmosphere. Is love soluble in…
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