These exceptional tales explore the sweet, infuriating agony of being overwhelmed by passion and desire
To yearn is to feel the pain and pleasure of being alive all at once. It is one of the great rites of passage of youth – wanting someone, wanting to be them, wanting to be wanted. It happens in flashes – a brief eye-lock on the street – or in great love stories that alter our basic narratives. Here are five novels that capture that lightning-struck feeling.
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Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson is published by Picador.