An Exclusive Love
A Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers PickANew York Times Book ReviewEditor's ChoiceAVogue AustraliaRequired Reading Pick“A spare, beautiful exploration. . . . This fascinating couple . . . come slowly into focus for the author and the reader simultaneously, or so Adorján makes it seem. That’s what makes a good memoir—it’s not a regurgitation of ordinariness or ordeal, not a dart thrown desperately at a trendy topic, but a shared discovery.”— Neil Genzlinger,The New York Times Book Review “Elegant. Is this what makes their last day so fascinating? Elegance is magnetic, and so is lifelong love. The reader cannot take her eyes from them.”—Los Angeles Times"This is an intense, complex, uplifting, passionate, painful and often hilarious story of love. And a story of searching for love. And a story of searching for a history that is at once personal and universal. A past that is part of the present."— Lily Brett"The fact that the author does not tire in inquiring into this riddle, that she scrutinizes everything anew, courageously and with a biting wit, makes her book about a grim Sunday a sparkling work."— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"Despite its sadness, this book is very uplifting, and the author writes in a beautiful and very authentic voice."— German Book Office"A powerful, reflective and thought-provoking work, with echoes of similar recent treatments of the theme but distinct in its own right."— New Books in German“I was very much moved by An Exclusive Love—such clarity of thought and feeling. What I think of Anthea Bell as a translator is little short of reverence, after what she did for W. G. Sebald: one trusts her absolutely, so I know for sure that Johanna Adorján writes with beautiful precision and suppleness. It’s a truly memorable book.” — Diana Athill, author ofSomewhere Towards the End “A wonderful, extraordinary book.” — Judith Kerr, author ofWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit “What we have here is a sophisticated intelligence, coupled with the sensibility of an artist, creating a narrator who tells a familiar tale, as though for the first time. This book is, indeed, the memoir as literature.” — Vivian Gornick, author ofThe Men in My Life