In his latest book, Markus Gasser tells outstanding love stories from world literature: from longing looks to first kisses and nights, to betrayal, separation and reconciliation – and even beyond the end. But doesn’t personal experience always play a role in the works of Marguerite Duras, John Updike, Garcia Marquez, Vladimir Nabokov or Sylvia Plath? Gasser describes how some authors transformed their (largely) secret adventures into literature. The result is an extraordinary panorama of love and literature: a book about books and lovers who needed the world to know about their passion. Some readers will find a reflection of themselves in these stories – especially when their worlds are turned upside down by heartache or happiness. Immortal couples and first kisses – love and passion in world literature