{"product_id":"allegro-pastel-9781738536221","title":"Allegro Pastel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new title in the Granta Magazine Editions series: a vivid, ironic and blisteringly contemporary account of millennial love in Frankfurt and Berlin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegro Pastel\u003c\/i\u003e follows a cult author and a web designer as they live and love in contemporary Berlin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTanja and Jerome are navigating a long-distance relationship in a world of constant communication and emotional hyper-reflection. Whether they're WhatsApping one another from drug-fueled dance parties or sending ambiguous emojis on a trip to Decathlon, every gesture is controlled and self-aware. This is love in the post-therapeutic age, set against the backdrop of a rapidly heating climate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with crackling insight, dry humour, and deep emotional intelligence, \u003ci\u003eAllegro Pastel\u003c\/i\u003e proclaims Leif Randt as the premiere German stylist of his generation.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGranta Magazine Editions is a paperback original series of exceptional literary voices published by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeif Randt\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer living in Maintal and Berlin. His novels include \u003ci\u003eLeuchtspielhaus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePlanet Magnon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAllegro Pastel\u003c\/i\u003e, his fourth work, was nominated for the German Book Prize. A movie adaptation will appear in cinemas in spring 2025. He has co-curated the online platform Tegel Media since 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Kuras\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He has written about politics and culture for the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDer Freitag\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Granta Magazine Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324646719762,"sku":"9781738536221","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e653fc20-b7b4-4b41-a4d7-6790f1079cae.jpg?v=1748691529","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/allegro-pastel-9781738536221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}