The sort of book that comes around once in a decade - a magnificent feat of storytelling. a literary blockbuster destined to be filed in the Great American Novel category ' Independent Read more 'Tremendous new novel about art, friendship and gaming. The world Zevin has created is textured, expansive and, just like those built by her characters, playful' Observer 'This is a boy meets girl story that is never a romance. 'A beautifully wrought saga of human connection and the creative process, of love and all of its complicated levels' ERIN MORGENSTERN 'Exquisite' TAYARI JONES, Women's Prize-winning author of An American Marriage Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow takes us on a dazzling imaginative quest as it examines the nature of identity, creativity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play and, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.
This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Their collaborations make them superstars. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. But all too soon that time is over, fades from view. Their love of video games becomes a shared world - of joy, escape and fierce competition. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. This is not a romance, but it is about love In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity' JOHN GREEN * NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller * RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PickJuly * Jimmy Fallon/TONIGHT SHOW Bookclub Pick August * GRAZIA Summer Reading Pick * Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised by being set in the world of creativity and video gaming
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