Loved itit's easily one of the darkest stories i've ever read so it's about two brothers and one who is kind of successful the other who's pretty much a loser and the fate of modern relationships in western society between men and women
The Elementary Particles (1998)
Others: Positive Zedenschets van de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw aan de hand van de levensgeschiedenis van twee halfbroers, de één een vergeestelijkt wetenschapper, de ander een jachtige erotomaan.
- ISBN:
- 9780375727016
- Length:
- 274 pages
Genres: romance
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