Love in Lowercase
A Novel
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
A feel-good novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Rosie Project, about an eccentric, language-loving bachelor and the cat that opens his eyes to life’s little pleasures
The Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick:
“A delightfully absurd, life-affirming celebration. I literally stood up and cheered as I read the last page.”
When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year’s Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments—until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, becomes the catalyst that leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and classical music to places he’s never been (next door) and to people he might never have met (a neighbor with whom he’s never exchanged a word). Even better, the Catalan cat leads him back to the mysterious Gabriela, whom he thought he’d lost long before, and shows him, in this international bestseller for fans of The Rosie Project, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, and A Man Called Ove, that sometimes love is hiding in the smallest characters.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This novel, the quirky tale of Barcelona linguistics professor Samuel, a mysterious cat named Mishima, and the bumpy road to love, is an international bestseller in its original Spanish edition. As the tale begins on New Year's Eve, Samuel is predicting that the coming year will be as uneventful and predictable as those that preceded it until a cat mysteriously shows up at his apartment and makes itself at home. While seeking to find out where the cat came from, Samuel meets eccentric neighbors, rediscovers a childhood love, and ultimately comes to realize that love can be found anywhere, if one looks for it. Miralles's endearing romantic comedy should become as big a hit Stateside as it has been elsewhere in the world.
