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Random Acts of Heroic Love

With over 200,000 copies sold in the UK, a Richard & Judy pick, rights sold in 19 countries, called "riveting" and "mesmerizing," this is a cinematic debut from a gifted new writer. Based on real family events, Danny Scheinmann's novel paints a dramatic portrait of two epic love stories. 1992: Traveling through South America with his girlfriend, Leo wakes up in a hospital to find his girlfriend is dead. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But a surprising secret leads Leo to discover something that will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz is a POW fugitve, with seven thousand kilometers of the Russian steppes separating him from his first love, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The war may be over, but he now faces a perilous journey and the insecurity of whether his love is still waiting.

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  • "Random acts of heroic love"@pl
  • "Random acts of heroic love"@it

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  • "Can love outwit death? 1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America. His girlfriend Eleni is dead. He doesn't know how she died. Leo blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But he is about to discover something that will change his life forever ... 1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Five thousand kilometres of the Russian steppes separate him from his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War is over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When he finally limps home, will the woman he left behind still be waiting for him?"
  • "With over 200,000 copies sold in the UK, a Richard & Judy pick, rights sold in 19 countries, called "riveting" and "mesmerizing," this is a cinematic debut from a gifted new writer. Based on real family events, Danny Scheinmann's novel paints a dramatic portrait of two epic love stories. 1992: Traveling through South America with his girlfriend, Leo wakes up in a hospital to find his girlfriend is dead. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But a surprising secret leads Leo to discover something that will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz is a POW fugitve, with seven thousand kilometers of the Russian steppes separating him from his first love, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The war may be over, but he now faces a perilous journey and the insecurity of whether his love is still waiting."@en
  • "Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn't know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever."@en
  • "1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn't know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity. The Great War may be over, but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting? Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic and brimming with raw emotions, it is the magnificent and emotive debut from a remarkable new writer."@en
  • "Waking up in a hospital to learn that his girlfriend has died, backpacker Leo blames himself for her fatal accident and discovers a surprising secret with ties to a POW fugitive's 1917 efforts to traverse the Russian steppes in order to reclaim the woman he loves."
  • "In this debut novel, Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love; two men whose hidden connections are revealed in a stunning climax that lives long in the heart."@en
  • "Can love outwit death? A heartbreaking epic story of two lives sustained by the memory of love. Semi-autobiographical debut novel which follows the parallel stories of two unconsciously connected men in two different time eras motivated by the memory of love: an Austro-Hungarian soldier, who escapes a Russian prisoner-of-war camp in 1917, and walks thousands of miles to find his childhood sweetheart Lotte ; and Leo Deakin, whose girlfriend Eleni dies in a bus crash, and who blames himself for her death."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "L'amour est un acte d'héroïsme ordinaire"
  • "Pequeños actos de amor heroico"@es
  • "Ai qing bu mie = Random acts of heroic love"
  • "Gemiste tijd"
  • "爱情不灭 = Random acts of heroic love"
  • "Random Acts of Heroic Love"@en
  • "Niezwykłe akty prawdziwej miłości"@pl
  • "Niezwykłe akty prawdziwej miłości"
  • "Random acts of heroic love"@en
  • "Random acts of heroic love"
  • "Tình yêu chân chính"
  • "愛情不滅"
  • "Квантовая теория любви"
  • "Piccoli gesti di amore eroico : romanzo"
  • "Piccoli gesti di amore eroico : romanzo"@it
  • "Ai qing bu mie"
  • "Kvantovai︠a︡ teorii︠a︡ li︠u︡bvi"

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