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Richard Bardsley
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Waterstones
Category:
Literary Fiction
Publisher: Salt Publishing
ISBN-10: 1844714322
Pages: 208
Copyright: Feb 1, 2008
ISBN-13: 9781844714322
"Love's mysteries in souls do grow, yet the body is his book..."
In this richly varied collection of 31 stories, each one dedicated to a particular part of the physique, Body Parts: The Anatomy Of Love explores the common themes experienced by all of us at some point during the mating game, whether it occurs at the point of initial, exhilarating attraction and its lavish promise of hope; during the course of an habitual lifetime of snidy remarks; or at some unenviable, fumbling circumstance in between.
Desire, jealousy, belonging, need, tenderness - all emotions have their place. From head to toe via freckles and fingers, by the end of this painfully funny, at times disturbing and never predictable journey, the agony and enchantment of love in all it’s guises has been expertly dissected.
Excerpt
"The gateau in the box on my desk looks lovely and it is giving me the fear. It is a Sachertorte, one of my favourites, and though I normally like surprises (there are so few in life), especially where gateaux are involved (I am a connoisseur, it is a passion of mine, perhaps my only one aside from sour mordancy) when I opened the package and saw the immaculate, dense chocolate dough topped off with whipped cream and apricots, I was immediately overcome by the heebie-jeebies..."
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