A Man in a Cafe Asked Julie Otsuka What She Was Reading. They Dated for Two Years.

“An everyday pickup line, but it worked,” says the novelist, whose new book is “The Swimmers.” “I haven’t been in touch with him since, but I return to ‘The Lover’ every now and again, and never fail to fall under its spell.”“An everyday pickup line, but it worked,” says the novelist, whose new book is “The Swimmers.” “I haven’t been in touch with him since, but I return to ‘The Lover’ every now and again, and never fail to fall under its spell.”Read MoreBooks and Literature, Writing and Writers, Otsuka, Julie, Content Type: Personal Profile