Seduction Theory: A NovelFor fans of Conversations with Friends and Vladimir comes a magnetic, fresh take on marriage and loyalty: when two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate students searing thesis project. Simone is the star of Edwards Universitys creative writing department: renowned Woolf scholar, grief memoirist, and campus sex icon. Her less glamorous and ostensibly devoted husband, Ethan, is a forgotten

Mark Polizzotti

It is the shortest of his novels

complicated presence that is revealing of America itself

but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others

"A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come

which has a social resonance and relevance in today’s climate

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9780140275360

“Kafka’s survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: ‘With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father’s Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground

wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity

Daniel Spoerri

His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization