The Confessions of Max Tivoli
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Written by Andrew Sean Greer.
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"We are each the love of someone's life." So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli,a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other.Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human.
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Jax thinks this book is Excellent.
Usually people get only one shot at love. But in this book, Max gets not one but three shots at love - three different types of love. A poignant and touching tale of love that I had read in a long long time.
Ivy thinks this book is Worth Reading.
Well-written and admirable structure to the novel, although it didn't really engage me or sink its hooks in as much as the Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger), I'm afraid. Still, it is worth reading.