![]() ![]() Whether the power of this seductive play between invisibility and narcissism is enough for spinning a web of love, and whether the possibilities to relate to, and fall for, each other by just communicating online succeed over the possibilities, imaginations and desires created in physical space, is one of the fundamental themes of this story. In Love Virtually, the power that love has on the two main characters is crucially linked with the ‘purity’ that comes from the absence of a physical body and the involvement of individual imagination and desires projected upon an invisible other. The book presents a story full of interesting thoughts regarding love relationships in the Internet and regarding the power that love has on people, especially if they web their bonds of love through electronic communication. This might remind of the movie You’ve got mail but the story leads the reader in a complete different direction. A relationship webbed by and through emails. The novel presents a turbulent and passionate love story that – how else could it be – takes place in the Internet. ![]() ![]() Now the novel written by Daniel Glattauer will be published in English in the beginning of February 2011. Alfaguara) and has quickly become very successful. La Campana under the title “Contra el Vent del Nord”) and in Castellan (Ed. During the last months, the book “ Love Virtually” has become published in Catalan (Ed. ![]()
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