by Lisa Appignanesi (Author)
Unruly, unpredictable, love is a maddening deity. In this insightful and eloquent meditation on that many-splendored thing, Lisa Appignanesi draws on history, philosophy, psychology, literature, popular culture, and her own experience in order to tangle with love's paradoxes through the span of our lives.
Beginning with the rose-tinted raptures of first love, she proceeds to love in marriage, the passions of triangulated love, jealousy and adultery, love in the family, and friendship, illuminating the expectations, the joys and difficulties that accompany each stage.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Virago
Published: 02 Feb 2012
ISBN 10: 1844085910
ISBN 13: 9781844085910
Book Overview: * Lisa Appignanesi, prize-winning author of MAD, BAD AND SAD, turns her unrivalled attention now to love, that most fascinating of emotions