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Other Lives, Other Places - Part 4: Hotel California and The American Dream: Hotel California and The American Dream: From Black-and-White to Technico
Paperback
Series: Other Lives, Other Places
Publisher: Petrela Press
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Hotel California, Episode 1, Part 4 of Other Lives, Other Places, Freddy returns to America as San Francisco and Berkeley pulse with the aftershocks of the 1960s. Drawn by the promise of renewal, he attempts to rebuild a life with his family on the West Coast. But the ethos of freedom proves destabilizing. An affair exposes the fault lines in his marriage, turning private desire into crisis. Set against a landscape of counterculture and political revolt, this episode traces the breakdown of a relationship - and the limits of a generation's faith in reinvention.
In The American Dream, Episode 2, Part 4 of Other Lives, Other Places, Freddy returns to Italy, still in pursuit of Arcadia, now embodied in his love for Valentina. With her, he glimpses the possibility of renewal and a life of meaning. Yet the dream begins to unravel. As their relationship deepens against a backdrop of social decline, illusion gives way to disillusionment. An intimate and unsparing portrait of desire and its limits, this episode captures the fragile passage from longing to reality.
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