Literary Fiction
A man aging backwards recounts his life and repeated attempts to win the same woman's love in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
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A man aging backwards recounts his life and repeated attempts to win the same woman's love in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
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An extraordinarily haunting love story told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards
We are each the love of someone's life.
So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other. At his birth, Max's father declares him a "nisse," a creature of Danish myth, as his baby son has the external physical appearance of an old, dying creature. Max grows older like any child, but his physical age appears to go backwa...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Recurring romantic pursuits of the same woman across multiple life stages
Violence & gore
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No graphic violence depicted
Profanity
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No profanity noted
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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No political or ideological messaging
Self-harm / suicide
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One secondary character's suicide mentioned
Abuse & suffering
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Protagonist's condition causes lifelong emotional and social suffering
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