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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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POINTS OF DEPARTURE
A riveting debut novel by 28-year-old Andrew Lipstein
Following a very public panic attack at work, David flees to a Greek Island, seeking refuge and peace of mind. But when he reaches the rental home, he finds that it's already occupied by the mysterious Sofia, who has some big secrets of her own. David and Sofia's intense affair is further complicated by the honeymooners Reagan and Joe (fellow Americans) and the foursome's longer-than-intended outing at sea.
Blending the philosophical eroticism of novels like WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell and THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS by Ian McEwan, with the timelessness of the European coast in summer as a stage for reinvention (think BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter), POINTS OF DEPARTURE is an absorbing and provocative love story that asks us to confront the universal power of strangers and strangeness.
Andrew Lipstein works at Meural, an art tech company. He is the Founded and Editor of 0s&1s--"zeroes and ones"--a widely-praised digital bookstore and publication with 7.5k subscribers, where has developed five conversation series--including Thick Skin, a piece on negative feedback and Pixelated, a digital blind date between two writers. He has interviewed Molly Antopol, Lily King, Laura van den Berg, and Lionel Shriver, among many others. He lives in New York city.
Blending the philosophical eroticism of novels like WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell and THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS by Ian McEwan, with the timelessness of the European coast in summer as a stage for reinvention (think BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter), POINTS OF DEPARTURE is an absorbing and provocative love story that asks us to confront the universal power of strangers and strangeness.
Andrew Lipstein works at Meural, an art tech company. He is the Founded and Editor of 0s&1s--"zeroes and ones"--a widely-praised digital bookstore and publication with 7.5k subscribers, where has developed five conversation series--including Thick Skin, a piece on negative feedback and Pixelated, a digital blind date between two writers. He has interviewed Molly Antopol, Lily King, Laura van den Berg, and Lionel Shriver, among many others. He lives in New York city.