Touch: The Inspiration for the Film, Explore the Complexities of the Human Heart

Olafsson, Olaf

ISBN 10: 0063226995 / ISBN 13: 9780063226999

Published by Ecco, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Touch: The Inspiration for the Film, Explore the Complexities of the Human Heart
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0063226995
• ISBN 13: 9780063226999
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

The inspiration for a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormákur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson.

"Delicate, absorbing...as satisfying as it is moving." — Vogue

A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man’s search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades before

When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral of uncertainty, even as his memory seems to be failing. But an uncanny bolt from the blue—a message from Miko Nakamura, a woman whom he’d known in the sixties when they were students in London—both inspires and rattles him, as he is drawn inexorably back into a love story that has marked him for life. Even as the pandemic upends his world, Kristofer finds himself pulled toward an answer to the mystery of Miko’s sudden departure decades before, compelling him to travel to London and Japan as the virus threatens to shut everything down.

A heart-wrenching love story and an absorbing mystery, Touch delves into the secrets of the past to explore the hidden lives that we all possess, the pain and beauty of our past loves and friendships that continue to leave their mark on us. Searching and lyrically rendered by acclaimed author Olaf Olafsson, Touch is a stunning tribute to the weight of history and the complexities of the human heart. 

About the Author

Olaf Olafsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1962. He studied physics as a Wien scholar at Brandeis University. He is the author of seven previous novels, The Journey Home, Absolution, Walking into the Night, Restoration, One Station Away, The Sacrament, and Touch, and a story collection, Valentines. He spends his time in New York City, Sag Harbor, and Reykjavik.