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Allegro Pastel - Paperback

by Leif Randt
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leif Randt, Peter Kuras (Translator)Publish date:2025-06-03Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Granta Magazine EditionsISBN-13:9781738536221ISBN-10:173853622XUPC:9781738536221Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, City Life, World LiteratureBook Topic:GermanySize:7.80 x 5.08 x 0.79 inchesProduct ID:SCJPHHDSSJ

A new title in the Granta Magazine Editions series: a vivid, ironic and blisteringly contemporary account of millennial love in Frankfurt and Berlin.

Allegro Pastel follows a cult author and a web designer as they live and love in contemporary Berlin.

Tanja and Jerome are navigating a long-distance relationship in a world of constant communication and emotional hyper-reflection. Whether they're WhatsApping one another from drug-fueled dance parties or sending ambiguous emojis on a trip to Decathlon, every gesture is controlled and self-aware. This is love in the post-therapeutic age, set against the backdrop of a rapidly heating climate.

Written with crackling insight, dry humour, and deep emotional intelligence, Allegro Pastel proclaims Leif Randt as the premiere German stylist of his generation.


Granta Magazine Editions is a paperback original series of exceptional literary voices published by Granta magazine.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Granta Magazine EditionsISBN-13:9781738536221ISBN-10:173853622XUPC:9781738536221Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, City Life, World LiteratureBook Topic:GermanySize:7.80 x 5.08 x 0.79 inchesProduct ID:SCJPHHDSSJ

Leif Randt is a freelance writer living in Maintal and Berlin. His novels include Leuchtspielhaus and Planet Magnon. Allegro Pastel, his fourth work, was nominated for the German Book Prize. A movie adaptation will appear in cinemas in spring 2025. He has co-curated the online platform Tegel Media since 2017.

Peter Kuras is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He has written about politics and culture for the Economist, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian and Der Freitag.
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