First published 1986
Robert Capel writes experimental fiction in the cafes of 1920s Montparnasse, surrounded by the surrealist movement's wild energy. When he meets an enigmatic woman, their romance becomes something impossible. Time fractures around them. Robert finds himself thrown forward four decades into a Paris he doesn't recognize, where students battle police in the streets during the May 1968 uprising. The woman appears again in this chaotic new world, but she remains as mysterious as before. Robert must navigate both the political turmoil of revolutionary Paris and the deeper mystery of their connection across time. Two eras of French upheaval collide as he searches for answers about love, art, and the strange forces that bind certain people together across the decades.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, time-travel
Setting: Montparnasse, Paris
Period: 1920s, 1960s
192 pages · Hardcover · Allen & Unwin