Touch

A Novel

De: Olaf Olafsson

Narrado por: Peter Noble

The inspiration for a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormákur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson.

"Delicate, absorbing...as satisfying as it is moving." — Vogue

A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man’s search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades before

When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral of uncertainty, even as his memory seems to be failing. But an uncanny bolt from the blue—a message from Miko Nakamura, a woman whom he’d known in the sixties when they were students in London—both inspires and rattles him, as he is drawn inexorably back into a love story that has marked him for life. Even as the pandemic upends his world, Kristofer finds himself pulled toward an answer to the mystery of Miko’s sudden departure decades before, compelling him to travel to London and Japan as the virus threatens to shut everything down.

A heart-wrenching love story and an absorbing mystery, Touch delves into the secrets of the past to explore the hidden lives that we all possess, the pain and beauty of our past loves and friendships that continue to leave their mark on us. Searching and lyrically rendered by acclaimed author Olaf Olafsson, Touch is a stunning tribute to the weight of history and the complexities of the human heart.

©2022 Olaf Olafsson (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Unique Story

The story was very good. I certainly did not think it would go in the direction that it did. Very creative

Coast to Coast

The story! There’s nothing more exciting to me than a story told well. I know these characters because I have a similar story.

If you need to slow things down

This is a good book for slowing you pace for awhile. It has a steady but sedate pace. The plot is low-key, but interesting in many ways. It’s not boring, but not suspenseful, either. It’s good for a quiet read.

Slow and predictable

It was so slow and became predictable and boring to me.
I can see, however where others would very much enjoy this book.

Sweet love story

But about the terrible treatment of survivors of Hiroshima. Loved the complexity/simplicity of the story.

Awful reader

I love this story, but it was very difficult to listen to the reader, as he would fade in and out, and I was constantly adjusting the volume to hear what he was saying when he was speaking for the woman.
It was very distracting, and took a lot away from the story

Beautifully written

Very thought provoking and heart warming. Very sad for all that was lost and yet so fulfilling to find anew. We have but one life to live.

Gentleness

The characters were revealed with deep love and affection. There was a deep sense of humanity

Writing that evokes a mental masterpiece

The words dance from the page and paint the most beautiful picture of the search for lost love. As with most books that engross me, I am devastated when it ends, and this one was no different.

Heartfelt Love Story

I enjoyed not knowing if he would ever find her - suspenseful and very thoughtful story telling. I wish the ending gave more but satisfying all the same.