PositiveThe Fiction Writers ReviewThis is his [the protagonist Paul\'s] story of a life-changing, life-defining love affair, from innocence to experience, from youth to age, from infatuation to weariness ... Throughout the novel, he explores questions raised by his experience, questions of choice versus inevitability, responsibility versus blamelessness, predestination versus roads not taken. In telling his one story he looks back, still struggling with persistent dilemmas and conflicts ... Remember, as you read this small book, generally and specifically about love, remember that suffering is, after all, the Latin root for passion.
