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The Book of All Loves

by Agust Mallo

Love at the edge of the world

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Love at the edge of the world

The description places two strands side by side: lovers converse after a catastrophe has brought humanity close to extinction, while, years earlier, a writer and her husband encounter unsettling signs during a stay in Venice. In the lovers’ dialogue, love becomes a way to consider subjects beyond intimate relationships, including metaphysics, geology, language and artificial intelligence. The book is presented as a blend of fiction, essay, poetry and philosophy, giving its exploration of love both a personal and a wide-ranging intellectual frame. Venice and the threatened post-Blackout world provide contrasting settings for these reflections.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in fiction that combines narrative with essay, poetry and philosophy.
  • For readers drawn to explorations of love alongside metaphysics, geology, language or AI.
  • For readers interested in stories set in Venice and in a world facing catastrophe.

Themes

Love and intimacyHuman extinction and catastropheMetaphysics and the natural worldLanguage and artificial intelligence

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Book overview

In the wake of the Great Blackout, faced with the near-extinction of humanity, a pair of lovers speak to each other. They parse, with precision, with familiarity, the endless aspects of their love. Out of their dialogues, piece by piece, a composite image of love takes form, one that moves outwards beyond the realm of relationships and into metaphysics, geology, linguistics, AI.
Years previously, a writer and her husband, a Latin professor, stay in Venice while she works on a text. As they roam the city, strange occurrences accumulate, signalling that the world around them is heading towards a point of no return.
Blending fiction and essay, poetry and philosophy, Agust

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