The Woman Who Looked Like Sophia L. - by Curt Leviant (Paperback)

About the Book

With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countryside. In this enticing email romanza, Leviant delivers a breathless confessional with two beginnings and two endings, leaving it up to the reader to decipher what s real.

Book Synopsis

With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countryside

Successful author Giorgio is vacationing in Parma when he meets Sofia, a beautiful woman who bears a striking resemblance to the famous Italian actress Sophia Loren. Giorgio is ecstatic when the lookalike asks for his email, expressing her desire to stay in touch and discuss a problem of hers. To his disappointment, their communication consists not of their own budding romance, but of the details of Sofia's extramarital love affair, a drama that plays out with characters Giorgio has never met. Sofia consults the author in writing an ending to her story-and as authors do, Giorgio rewrites it, desperate to find a place for himself in it.

In this enticing email romanza, Leviant delivers a breathless confessional with two beginnings and two endings, leaving it up to the reader to decipher what's real.

Review Quotes

"In this short e-pistolary novel, a seasoned American author, Giorgio, is
caught between reality and fantasy in pursuing his infatuation with an
Italian beauty.

... The work is lifted by its wry charm and creepy cleverness." -Kirkus Reviews

"Leviant offers a witty meditation on romantic infatuation . . . [Giorgio and Sofia's] comical correspondence builds to a revealing portrait of hopeless wish fulfillment. An amusing anti-fairy tale." --Publishers Weekly

Past Praise for Kafka's Son

"Kafka's Son is a realistic fantasy, a captivating maze, a detective novel, a love story, with multiple layers that never ceases to delight." --Magazine Litteraire (France)

"Leviant likes to captivate and dazzle his readers. He is part of a family of writers consisting of Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Isaac Bashevis Singer--and to them he's a mischievous cousin." --Le Monde