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<p><b>A new title in the Granta Magazine Editions series: a vivid, ironic and blisteringly contemporary account of millennial love in Frankfurt and Berlin.</b></p><p><i>Allegro Pastel</i> follows a cult author and a web designer as they live and love in contemporary Berlin.</p><p>Tanja and Jerome are navigating a long-distance relationship in a world of constant communication and emotional hyper-reflection. Whether they're WhatsApping one another from drug-fueled dance parties or sending ambiguous emojis on a trip to Decathlon, every gesture is controlled and self-aware. This is love in the post-therapeutic age, set against the backdrop of a rapidly heating climate.</p><p>Written with crackling insight, dry humor, and deep emotional intelligence, <i>Allegro Pastel</i> proclaims Leif Randt as the premiere German stylist of his generation.</p><p>Granta Magazine Editions is a paperback original series of exceptional literary voices published by <i>Granta</i> magazine.</p>