Siri Hustvedt

Plea For Eros

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ISBN: 9780340839782
Author : Siri Hustvedt
Published: 2025
Publisher: Sceptre
Number of pages: 240
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 199×164

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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'A luminous collection of mind-expanding pieces on literary and philosophical themes' Observer'Thoughtful and sensuous'Daily TelegraphThis illuminating collection brings together Siri Hustvedt's earliest essays, exploring the themes that have preoccupied her writing throughout her career: memory and imagination, psychology and art, love and desire. Drawing on her personal experience - as daughter, sister, mother and wife; student, teacher, reader and writer - she illustrates fundamental aspects of our lives.Wise, honest and fiercely intelligent, this is a book that invites us to look afresh at ourselves and the world we inhabit.'One of the most talented voices in contemporary fiction . . . Hustvedt brings the same visual power, sensuality and intelligence to her collection of essays'Los Angeles Times

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