{"product_id":"love-doesnt-work-henning-koch-9780982520451","title":"Love Doesn't Work: Seven Dualist Tales","description":"Stories hilarious and haunting, characters reckless and wary, wise and wanting - \u003ci\u003eLove Doesn't Work\u003c\/i\u003e works absolutely. These stories have a futuristic feel to them - almost a literary science fiction reminiscent of Ray Bradbury. Readers will enjoy their way through Henning Koch's ideas as expressed by his characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnduring her jet-set life in Sardinia, a woman has learnt to sublimate her erotic longings caused by her husband's impotence, until a visitor offers a more immediate solution. A claustrophobic banker fears the destruction of his relationship when he discovers a yawning hole beneath the streets of Stockholm. The arrival of a gorgeous Russian piano prodigy inspires a screenwriter to look beyond his treadmill London existence. And while fixing a leaking toilet in the wilds of Sweden, Ingmar Bergman explains the predicament of lovers in a hostile world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Doesn't Work \u003c\/i\u003eoffers classic storytelling with profound, startling insights into human desire and its shortfalls. Inspired by the ancient Cathars, these seven tales present a vision of life as an inevitable struggle against ignorance, darkness and sexual confusion. Devilish and playful in tone, they leave the reader with a sense of outraged satisfaction and delight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenning Koch \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Sweden in 1962 but has spent most of his life in England, Spain and Italy. He has worked as a screenwriter and literary translator. \u003ci\u003eLove Doesn't Work \u003c\/i\u003eis his first published story collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henning Koch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098252045X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982520451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Henning Koch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962532811007,"sku":"9780982520451","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c2e3a1a-a33c-4e3a-8a53-c2802892b2c5.jpg?v=1750651736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-doesnt-work-henning-koch-9780982520451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}