2012, they met on a youth exchange programme to Japan. Just a year later, they moved in together. Same university, but different worlds. He chose to follow his interest, she was persuaded to study something more "useful". A decade after they split up, he is walking the same path again. A little track on a temple area in Kyoto where they first held each other's hands. Discover their letters to each other, ten years later. From Kyoto to Berlin and back to Kyoto. The two characters and their letters are represented by different languages. While he addresses her in English, her replies are written in German. "It's too embarrassing in English" is a story about love, compatability, opposites and attraction.

Autorentext

Hi! I am a 29-year-old writer living in Berlin, Germany. "It's too embarrassing" is my first foray into flash fiction, as well as my first dive into multilingual fiction. As in my other 2 books, the story is based on real-life experience, infused with fancy. I did indeed spent a year living in Japan during uni. Some of my other passions include playing the violin, competing in mahjong tournaments and esports; and they can find their ways into my stories from time to time. Reading has always been a huge part of my life. Ultimately, the incredible characters and emotions in Joel Dicker's books inspired me to pick up the (figurative) pen myself. Robert Galbraith's "The inkblack heart" made me lose myself in my own crime story shortly thereafter. Check out my music themed queer contemporary fiction novel "Strings Attached" or my murder mystery "Christmas Feast" too.