I am really pleased to see that Glattauer’s book will be published in English in 2011.Įmmi writes accidentally to Leo and they keep on writing to each other because each one likes the tone of the other’s e-mails. After, let’s say, two – three pages you will have forgotten that this is a novel, you will be sure that you are reading a real e-mail exchange between two people. You start it, you read and you do not stop before the end. I must say, I have not often been this engrossed. I even read it in hardback, a rare thing, as I was so curious to find out what the hype was all about. I have already read Love Virtually because the original came out in Germany in 2006. 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.
Will their feelings for each other survive the test of a real-life encounter? But they keep putting off the moment – the prospect both excites and unsettles them. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person. 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. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back.
It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Writing is like kissing, but without lips.
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