THE DREAMERS

THE DREAMERS

Gilbert Adair

Translation, Epimeter: George Ikaros Babasakis

A subversive novel that "dresses" love revolutionary and "undresses" revolution almost erotically..

WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE WORLD TO CHANGE...

Paris, May 1968: Barricades are set up, students descend on heated demonstrations, the fuse is lit, ten million (!) workers declare a permanent strike, even against the long-compromised unions, the walls become the sheet music of the symphonic poetry of the streets.

"The Dream Cities" represent a story of love obsession that unfolds in 1968, during the riots in the streets of Paris. A young American student, passionate about cinema, becomes involved in a peculiar relationship with two fellow students who are twins - brother and sister. The three of them dive and wander in a labyrinth of explosive emotions and sensations. Locked in a shelter, they drift, reach extremes and exceed their limits, until finally the violent reality of the streets invades their lives, and marks it, leaving behind the harshest imprint.

A "revolutionary" love in the time of a "romantic" revolution.

The story of May is synonymous with the burning desire of people to live a life full of fulfillment, beyond mediations, a life free from exploitation and alienation.

THE Gilbert Adair was a Scottish writer, poet and critic, known for his work in the fields of literature and film. His best-known works include the novel "The Holy Innocents" (1988), which formed the basis for the film "The Dreamers" by Bernardo Bertolucci.