Love Virtually is a funny, fast-paced and utterly absorbing novel, with plenty of twists and turns, about a love affair conducted entirely by email. It's a book that seems to have an amazing effect on all who read it and as a consequence there's a real buzz in the blogosphere in particular. So why not check out the extract here on Lovereading, get yourself hooked and you won't be able to resist the temptation to purchase.
'Write to me, Emmi. Writing is like kissing, but without lips. Writing is kissing with the mind.' It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. A few brief exchanges are all it takes to spark a mutual interest in each other, and soon Emmi and Leo are sharing their innermost secrets and longings. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person. But they keep putting off the moment - the prospect both excites and unsettles them. And after all, Emmi is happily married. Will their feelings for each other survive the test of a real-life encounter? And if so, what then? Love Virtually is a funny, fast-paced and utterly absorbing novel, with plenty of twists and turns, about a love affair conducted entirely by email.
'One of the cleverest and most magical love-dialogues in modern literature' Volker Hage, Der Spiegel
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About Daniel Glattauer
Daniel Glattauer was born in Vienna in 1960 and works there as a journalist and writer. Since 1989 he has been a columnist for Der Standard, and three collections of his articles have been published in book form. Every Seventh Wave, the bestselling sequel to Love Virtually, will also be published by MacLehose Press in 2011.
Jamie Bulloch (Leo) is a translator and historian. Katharina Bielenberg (Emmi) is an editor and translator. They are husband and wife.
