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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Before Heart's Delight, I was a boy, he thinks. Before Heart's Delight, I was a child When he first saw Ann-Katrin on the bus, he was mesmerized, captivated, consumed. But that was before. Now he sits alone in his room, a sixteen-year-old boy, waiting for her to call. Wishing for her to tell him it was real. It was as perfect as he imagined. But the phone sits silently. The boy continues to wait, systematically destroying all of the objects from their short-lived relationship. He rips up the bus pass from their first meeting. The phone is quiet. He throws the pot of lemon balm she gave him over the edge of the balcony. No phone call. He tosses the black Frisbee and the Swiss Army knife over too. Still the phone stays silent. As he plays their relationship over in his mind like a movie, he wonders: What if his heart's delight doesn't call? Will life be worth living then? Review:"The nameless hero of this Swedish import, Nilsson's U.S. debut, could almost be any teen who has recently been spurned, so universal are his feelings. Taking on the persona of an objective, distanced narrator, Nilsson describes his protagonist from the outside first, giving just enough information to pique (and maintain) readers' curiosity. Over the course of the novel, the youth methodically destroys each piece of memorabilia from his relationship with Ann-Katrin, whom he thinks of as Heart's Delight (it is also another name for the lemon balm plant she grows in her bedroom). Each object inspires a flashback, allowing readers to share the roller-coaster ride of the teen's emotions as he recalls each stage of his romance. As he falls for a stranger on a bus, wins her affection, makes love with her, parts from her for the summer and returns to discover she has another beau, the intensity of the protagonist's emotions will be strongly felt. While the stages of the boy's relationship are familiar and their trajectory predictable, his response to the pain of heartbreak is not. Audience members will eagerly turn pages to find out whether he chooses to use the razor blade and bottle of pills lying conspicuously on his desk throughout the novel, reconciles with Ann-Katrin or finds a way to go on without her. A memorable presentation of a universal theme. Ages 12-up. (" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:In his first novel published in the United States, Sweden's Per Nilsson pens a poetic and moving tale that elegantly portrays the bittersweet agony that is first love--uniquely told from the perspective of a teenage boy. Table of ContentsContents What you would have seen and heard (1) Third-person sing., masc. Before Heart's Delight A bus pass Heart's Delight on the bus A postcard Heart's Delight gets a name A German grammar book Calling Heart's Delight A potted plant The scent of Heart's Delight A page from a songbook Come Heart's Delight A record Heart's Delight offers him the apple An empty plastic box Relics from Heart's Delight A pack of condoms Preparing for Heart's Delight A sheet Oh, Heart's Delight, oh A frayed American flag The letters to Heart's Delight A black notebook Heart's Delight on the other side of the Atlantic A package with a curly ribbon Heart's Delight and him and him A movie ticket Former Heart's Delight A razor blade and a bottle of pills Life after Heart's Delight A telephone Ann-Katrin, the former Heart's Delight, gets in A packet of seeds Heart's Deli... First-person singular. And plural. What you would have seenand heard (2)
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