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Known to most as Lemony Snicket, the tormented narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler spends his days writing—for children and adults; film and television; and, on occasion, the accordion. Tracing his life in books from his first encounter with Baudelaire at a local library, And Then? And Then? What Else? offers a witty, poignant exploration of reading, writing and why we tell stories.

Sono solo alcuni tra gli oggetti che Min Green restituisce a Ed Slaterton dopo che si sono lasciati, in una scatola che abbandona davanti a casa sua, accompagnata da una lunga lettera in cui ricostruisce la loro storia d'amore nata contro ogni previsione: lei, cinefila dall'animo sensibile e anticonformista; lui, il popolarissimo co-capitano della squadra di basket della scuola. Tutto inizia a una festa di compleanno a cui Ed non è neppure stato invitato, con una conversazione che non avrebbe alcun motivo di funzionare... e invece scatta qualcosa.

Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood discovery of Baudelaire’s poetry through the countless peculiarities of his pursuit of a literary life—abject failure and startling success, breakthrough and breakdown, concordance and controversy—lit along the way by the books and culture he loved best.

Der gutaussehende Ed ist der Star der Basketballmannschaft, die 16-jährige Min eine sensible, künstlerisch angehauchte Filmnärrin. Ihre Beziehung wird kurz, aber heftig: voller Entdeckungen und Überraschungen, voll Bemühen. Und voller Enttäuschung. In einem glühenden, virtuosen Brief erklärt Min, warum es aus ist, und gibt Ed all die Dinge zurück, die in ihrer Beziehung eine Rolle gespielt haben.