Oliver’s Story in Erich Segal’s own words Their love was magical, exhilarating…though heartbreakingly brief, it was enough to last a lifetime. Oliver Barrett IV found his true soulmate when he met and fell in love with Jenny Cavilleri. The relationship between Jenny and Phil contrasted sharply with that of Oliver and his father, and I think that the universal appeal may have lain in the reconciliation of the generations at the end of the book.”
When I wrote it America was in the midst of a total generation war (Vietnam, Woodstock, Haight Ashbury etc.). “Actually, I have always felt this to be a book about a young couple, but even more about a father and son. (Oct.Posted on Januby Karen - Love Story in Erich Segal’s own words 150,000 first printing $150,000 ad/promo Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections. Nevertheless, the graying boomers who first made Segal a hit are likely to take whatever he dishes out, as he proves once again that Only Love means never having to say you're sorry. To say the least, the novel lacks the emotional intensity of the grand Italian opera scores reduced to a Muzak-like echo in these pages, and it's hard to care about any love affair involving Segal's smug protagonist-even one that nearly destroys his marriage. Can he save his doomed lost love? Will they have a second chance at happiness? Segal handles this hackneyed yet entertaining plot with a light touch, adding a classical music subtext (Matthew is also a gifted pianist) to flesh out the fast-paced story.
Devastated, Matt buried himself in work, first in Africa, later in Boston and New York, where he married a childhood friend and became the top specialist in his field. After an accident nearly killed Matt, Silvia mysteriously disappeared from his life, only to resurface as the wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist. Silvia is not just any patient 18 years earlier, she and Matt were colleagues, idealistic young Medecine Internationale doctors in Africa, where they saved lives and became lovers. Matthew Hiller's past and present collide when beautiful, rich Silvia Rinaldi turns to the world-renowned physician to cure a malignant brain tumor. Already slated for a 1998 Hallmark Entertainment miniseries, this tale of older-and-wiser deathbed romance from the popular Segal (Love Story Oliver's Story etc.) sacrifices grand passion to pleasantly formulaic plotting and self-satisfied resignation.
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