Love in the Middle Ages - Softcover

Barolini, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595092535 ISBN 13: 9780595092536

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

“In this second novel the author thoughtfully tackles the pain involved when loving together and living together turn out to be irreconcilable.”—The New York Times

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Barolini is the author of seven books and more than 50 short stories and essays that have appeared in many publications. She received a National Endowment for the Arts award, an American Book Award, and was selected for The Best American Essays 1998.

From Publishers Weekly:

The widow Scortesethe pronunciation of whose last name is a cause celebre with her daughter Laddielives in a suburban house and takes part in suburban activities, conscientiously listed. But Donna Scortese, passively cocking an eye toward romance, keeps herself in shape for such an eventuality by working out at a gym where she meets and quickly falls in love with an out-of-towner named Murray Buddenberg. Daunted though she is by Bud's lifestyle and ethnic backgroundto say nothing of his still-married stateDonna allows her heart to rule. They decide to live together, only to discover that sex and even love are unequal to the task of uniting polar opposites. Since their protestations of love are unconvincing and their encounters in bed less than orgiastic, this will surprise nobody. It is difficult to care what happens to this characterless couple or to find in their story a single taut or tension-rousing episode. Barolini has neither stylistic grace nor narrative skill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0595092535
• ISBN 13: 9780595092536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264