The Feast of Love
Here is a superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with...
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Here is a superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375410192 (0375410198)
Publish date: April 25th 2000
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages no: 308
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Love,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
I dissent. I must not be among the literary cognoscenti mentioned in the blurb about this book. I found it impossible to distinguish one character's voice from the next, even taking the annoying verbal tics into consideration. I found the narrative shallow and the writing merely workmanlike. In fact...
This a delicious novel. Structurally it is a sort of extended spokes on a wheel. The central character is Bradley. We learn of his relationship history, and of people connected with him. A young couple, who outwardly seem very punky are in fact the most traditional. We see his relationship with a ve...
One person's love story leads to another person's love story...
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