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Fiction, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Today Show Book Club Pick 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 backward--on the outside a very old man, but inside still a fearful child. The story is told in three acts. First, young Max falls in love with a neighborhood girl, Alice, who ages as normally as any of us. Max, of course, does not; as a young man, he has an older man's body. But his curse is also his blessing: as he gets older, his body grows younger, so each successive time he finds his Alice, she does not recognize him. She takes him for a stranger, and Max is given another chance at love. Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, Max's life and confessions question the very nature of time, of appearance and reality, and of love itself. A beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, The Confessions of Max Tivoli reveals the world through the eyes of a "monster," a being who confounds the very certainties by which we live and in doing so embodies in extremis what it means to be human.

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action and adventure,contemporary,fantasy,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,psychological thrillers, Out of the womb in 1871, Max Tivoli looked to all the world like a tiny 70-year-old man. But inside the aged body was an infant. Victim of a rare disease, Max grows physically younger as his mind matures. In Andrew Sean Greer's finely crafted novel, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Max narrates his life story from the vantage point of his late fifties, though his body is that of a 12-year-old boy. He has known since a young age that he is destined to die at 70, and he wears a golden "1941" as a constant reminder of the year he will finally perish in an infant form. His mother, a Carolina belle concerned over her son's troubling appearance, curses Max with "The Rule": "Be what they think you are." Max fails to keep this Rule only a handful of times in his life, but it is the burden of living by it that wounds him and slowly alienates him from the people he loves. Over Max's narration of the preceding decades of his life, he offers outsider's snapshots of San Francisco and all of America across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Throughout, Greer uses the literary device of reverse aging to interrogate the evolution of social conventions, the finitude of a human life, and the decay of memory. Max wants love. But his curse destines him to deception. He loses his wife, Alice, changes his name, and remains hidden from his own son to keep his true identity secret. Only his lifelong friend, Hughie, stands by Max and can see the person inside the anachronistic body. Li.

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"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. Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love. Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century," The Confessions of Max Tivoli "is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * TODAY SHOW PICK "Enchanting"--John Updike, "The New Yorker" "Devastating, heartbreaking...an astonishment."--"Esquire " "****"--"People" "Quietly dazzling...keenly affecting."--"The New York Times Book Review" "This year's break-out novel."--"Entertainment Weekly " "A devastating new writer"-Michael Cunningham "A fable of surpassing gravity and beauty."--"San Francisco Chronicle " "One of the most talented writers around."--Michael Chabon "Elegant and graceful."--"Miami Herald " "Brilliantly conceived."--"Los Angeles Times" "A breath-taking love story...a profound meditation on life."--"Salon.com " "A writer of great daring and originality."--Peter Carey "It leaves its readers ...both younger and wiser."--"Washington Post" "What's most impressive about Greer's work is the emotional intensity...and the deep beauty ofhis prose"--"The Atlanta Journal Constitution " "This is the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud, write notes in the margins and shed tears onto its pages."--Neil LaBute "Surprisingly and genuinely affecting."--"Library Journal " "Strikingly original and beautifully told."--"Bookpage " "Weird and wonderful...[a] deft new modern master."--"Elle.com " "[It] strums the heartstrings again and again...positively captivating."--"Booklist" "Mesmerizing and heartbreaking."--"Publishers Weekly" "The delights are many....old-fashioned narrative fun in a literary hall of mirrors." --"Kirkus Review " "A mythic, Proustian romance...a brilliant story."--"The Times" (London) Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the story collection "How It Was for M"e (Picador) and most recently a novel, "The Path of Minor Planets" (Picador). He lives in San Francisco.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BaySideBooks.
Large print edition of "Confessions of Max Tivoli". Summary: Max Tivoli is uniquely cursed. His mind ages properly, but his body ages in reverse. Born with the withered -body of a 70-yr-old man, Max grows physically younger each year, while his intellect matures. Despite this crippling torment, Max manages three times to cross paths with Alice, the person who captures his heart. Because he appears to be a different person each time they meet, Max is given three chances for true love. A Story of self-discovery and sacrifice set against momentous historical events - including the Great San Fransisco Earthquake and World War 1 - The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a spellbinding materpiece. Hardcover, Format: Large Print, Label: RB Largeprint, RB Largeprint, Product group: Book, Published: 2004, Studio: RB Largeprint, Sales rank: 9560911.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, kncurrie.
"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.Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human., Paperback, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Picador, Picador, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-02-01, Freigegeben: 2005-01-13, Studio: Picador, Verkaufsrang: 183249.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Mannabooks.
"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.Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human., Paperback, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Picador, Picador, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-02-01, Freigegeben: 2005-01-13, Studio: Picador, Verkaufsrang: 183249.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, hippo_books.
"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.Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human., Paperback, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Picador, Picador, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-02-01, Freigegeben: 2005-01-13, Studio: Picador, Verkaufsrang: 183249.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
RB Largeprint. Used - Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Stone Cottage Books.
RB Large Print. Hardcover. 1402579144 2004 tight hardcover withdrawn library sharp corners LARGE PRINT . Good. 2004.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books [51315977], Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.