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Rapture - Susan Minot
Rapture
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Four years after her critically acclaimed novel Evening, Susan Minot gives us a new work of startling intimacy and precision.Using a single interlude–a brief encounter of old lovers; two bodies entwined on a bed at midday–Minot defines the distance that erupts at what seems to be the height of... show more
Four years after her critically acclaimed novel Evening, Susan Minot gives us a new work of startling intimacy and precision.Using a single interlude–a brief encounter of old lovers; two bodies entwined on a bed at midday–Minot defines the distance that erupts at what seems to be the height of connection, as well as the extent to which the senses deceive, and the intensely private eroticism of fantasy and the imagination. Minot's lovers are mesmerizing in their individual journeys–one moving toward a kind of holy consummation, the other toward abnegation and blank despair. This is the wayward history of their efforts to make contact with each other while deluding themselves about the nature of the contact they're making. Graphic, erotic, provocative, Rapture is a meditation on romantic love, sex, and their reflections in the life of the mind.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780375413278 (0375413278)
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
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Second Bookses
Second Bookses rated it
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I'm a sucker for a sales table at a bookstore, and am always willing to take a chance on a book by an author who has already had rave reviews for a previous book. I should, however, learn to pass by the books where all the comments on the jacket are for the previous book, and not the one I'm picking...
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target acquired rated it
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she blows, and her thoughts never wander far from misguided contemplation of her object of affection. he gets blown, and his thoughts capture the various rationalizations of a self-absorbed, self-important cad. should blow jobs really be this tortuous? this short novel never really gets beyond its c...
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it
Longest. Blow job. Ever. There were some lovely bits in this tale of two lovers coming together for what is likely the last time, and the complete disconnection of their thoughts as Kay fellates Benjamin. For 116 pages. I just kept thinking, "Is it over yet?" Not a good sign for such a short book.An...
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