Kitty is in her late thirties when she leaves her unhappy marriage and American homeland behind to settle abroad in Germany where she stays for a period of two years. Here she meets the brilliantly eccentric German physicist she refers to as M. He is passionate about many things, including the making and flying of beautiful silk kites. The two begin a love affair. Told in flashback, after Kitty s return to the states, each of these interlocking flash-fiction stories weaves an element of their love relationship into a gift or item he sends her almost daily through the mail. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler has called From the Umberplatzen a brilliant mosaic of a novel.
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The stories in Susan Tepper s From the Umberplatzen will haunt you. They are short, sharp, and ruthless in their tender investigations of memory and loss. --Steve Almond, author of God Bless America
Susan Tepper knows extraordinary things about love, about its delicate negotiations and its quiet ravishments. She also is a master of the short short story form who has assembled forty eight stunning, small-scale stories into a brilliant mosaic of a novel. From the Umberplatzen is a dazzling artistic accomplishment. --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
In these quasi-diary entries, Tepper allows the reader to thumb through an imagined ship s log to find that eternal sea in which Freud was most at home. This is a perceptive love story. --Simon Perchik, author of Hands Collected
Susan Tepper knows extraordinary things about love, about its delicate negotiations and its quiet ravishments. She also is a master of the short short story form who has assembled forty eight stunning, small-scale stories into a brilliant mosaic of a novel. From the Umberplatzen is a dazzling artistic accomplishment. --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
In these quasi-diary entries, Tepper allows the reader to thumb through an imagined ship s log to find that eternal sea in which Freud was most at home. This is a perceptive love story. --Simon Perchik, author of Hands Collected
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The slide show of images continue to run through my head. They are made more special by the fact I was able to pick up each one and examine it for myself, without some bossy author telling me what they meant or how they should make me feel. If you are able to take a stroll through a garden on a summer's day alone and enjoy it, then you will love this book. If you need an iPod, a map, and a throng of noisy companions then you will probably miss the magic of this slim but exquisite book.
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By Christopher
Format:Paperback
From the Umberplatzen, told in 48 micros, is the story of Kitty Kat and M., two past lovers. Kitty Kat has moved away, but M. still controls her present with presents through the mail. An exceptional read in which not a single word is wasted.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By M. Tuite
Format:Paperback
Susan Tepper has written a HOT and brilliant love story set in Germany! This is one book you won't want to put down and will never want to end!! Tepper knows how to pull you in from the first sentence with her masterful touch and keep you wanting more! I was mesmerized, held captive by the beauty of her language and the story! Get a copy of "From the Umberplatzen," NOW!!! You will be so thankful you did!!!
Pure brilliance on every page!!! I wish I could give more than 5 stars!!!!!
Pure brilliance on every page!!! I wish I could give more than 5 stars!!!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Enchanting Novel from Beginning to End!
Susan Tepper's novel is about that mysterious place where love simply exists. The novel is divided into short pieces. Each piece is written with precision and honesty. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Gesenia Alvarezlazauskas
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A wonderful read!
Tepper's book does what every good book should: gets you hooked. The main characters keep the reader alternately hating and loving them both with each passing chapter. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Roberto Carlos Garcia
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Dazzling
I fell in love with this book. It is a magical love story, the best love story I have read in a long time. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Beate R. Sigriddaughter
4.0 out of 5 stars
Waiting for the mailman
Ah, with each story your anticipation grows: how will M commemorate each day or memory? What is wonderful about this book is the way a relationship develops - and yes, it does seem... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Matt Potter
5.0 out of 5 stars
A silver star cut from kite silk...
This hauntingly beautiful book looks at love from an unfamiliar angle and just sweeps you up and takes you away. Read more
Published 14 months ago by lit crit
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful
Susan Tepper once again shows how she can weave a tapestry of words that will evoke deep emotion that will make you bristle with life.
Published 14 months ago by Laurie E. Graff
5.0 out of 5 stars
A love story to fall in love with!
Susan Tepper's "From the Umberplatzen" never holds back, yet unfolds with the precision of beautifully crafted poetry. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anne Liedtka
5.0 out of 5 stars
Expertly Woven Stories
Susan Tepper's From the Umberplatzen is a series of stories, richly crafted and expertly condensed into a great read. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jules Archer
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Bravo Susan Tepper
"From The Umberplatzen" is a beautiful love story. This book should be
made into a film. I could not put this book down. A wonderful story! Read more
made into a film. I could not put this book down. A wonderful story! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Gloria J. Mindock
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Delicious Read
From The Umberplatzen: A Love Story by Susan Tepper is a remarkable book composed as a series of dispatches from the front that are not only about love but also about loss and the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by JP Reese
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