The Woman Who Looked Like Sophia L. by Curt Leviant
With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countryside
Successful author Giorgio is vacationing in Parma when he meets Sofia, a beautiful woman who bears a striking resemblance to the famous Italian actress Sophia Loren. Giorgio is ecstatic when the lookalike asks for his email, expressing her desire to stay in touch and discuss a problem of hers. To his disappointment, their communication consists not of their own budding romance, but of the details of Sofia’s extramarital love affair, a drama that plays out with characters Giorgio has never met. Sofia consults the author in writing an ending to her story—and as authors do, Giorgio rewrites it, desperate to find a place for himself in it.
In this enticing email romanza, Leviant delivers a breathless confessional with two beginnings and two endings, leaving it up to the reader to decipher what’s real.
Publication Date: February 20, 2024
Paperback
ISBN: 9781950539918
PAST PRAISE FOR CURT LEVIANT
“Kafka’s Son is a realistic fantasy, a captivating maze, a detective novel, a love story, with multiple layers that never ceases to delight.” —Magazine Litteraire (France)
“Leviant likes to captivate and dazzle his readers. He is part of a family of writers consisting of Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Isaac Bashevis Singer—and to them he’s a mischievous cousin.” —Le Monde
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Curt Leviant is the author of fourteen novels, several of which have been translated into nine European languages. Critics in the USA and in Europe have compared him to writers like Tolstoy, D.H. Lawrence, Saul Bellow, Kafka, Milan Kundera and Isaac Bashevis Singer. His novel, Kafka’s Son, published by Dzanc, has been hailed as a “work of genius.”
