商品簡介
Enduring 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 screen-writer 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
Love Doesn't Work offers 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.
作者簡介
Henning Koch was 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. Love Doesn't Work is his first published story collection. His first novel The Maggot People will also be published by Dzanc Books.
