Melisande! What are dreams

An older man is writing to and about his wife, who has left him... in this the debut novel by the illustrious translator and political commentator, who is a sixtysomething debutant. It is an extended reflection on love itself; on the nature of the soul; on reality and dream; on how the choices we make when we are young pursue us for the rest of our lives. Its words fall quietly, one by one, like raindrops on water. The ripples they make spread and spread...