El amor

Laki Sarris is about to turn forty. He is married to Lena, and together they have a four-year-old son. His life unfolds with a monotonous placidity, the only novelty brought by the boy as he discovers himself and everything around him. But then Laki meets Li, much younger than he is, and falls madly in love. This new relationship has dramatic consequences for his life. He wants to experience everything: the fertile serenity of his love for Lena, the unsettling passion for Li, and the countless discoveries he shares with his son, which so enrich his life. But he also knows the damage he causes. Hence, he questions himself and all aspects of love: the love between a woman and a man, between parents and children, and between friends. Love, a novel first published in Swedish in 1978, has become a contemporary classic and is one of Kallifatides's most beloved books.