Are You Married to a Psychopath?
by Nadine Bismuth
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In this sparkling collection of stories, Nadine Bismuth treats us to a series of sharp, witty, but compassionate portraits of modern urban women torn between a desire for male companionship And The trials and tribulations of navigating couplehood in the real world. Not only Rebecca Leclerc, dissecting her now defunct relationship with an egocentric media star, but also Myriam, contending with her anxious dependence on a rich lover, Bénédicte and Rosalie, mulling over their status as show more singles in a Saturday night line-up for a trendy dance club, Caroline, with her acid, ironic, bemused take on her husband's infidelity... And more. Bittersweet and hilarious, these tales confirm Bismuth as one of our most lively, entertaining, and intelligent observers of the contemporary social scene. show lessTags
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The 10 short stories contained in this small volume have a common theme: A sharp, witty examination of relationships between men and women. No topic is taboo here. Bismuth explores infidelities, insecurities, distrust, meddling friends, families and the entire spectrum of the risky world of the modern dating scene to married life turned upside down - all with the purpose of navigating couple-hood. Each story is fresh and unique and provides a tongue in cheek lament regarding the fate of women trapped in the web of male philanderers - a web that the women of Bismuth's short stories have contributed to the weaving of.
As with all short story collections, some stories were better than others but overall, I found this to be a great sarcastic show more chick-lit collection that had me chuckling while rolling my eyes at the same time. show less
As with all short story collections, some stories were better than others but overall, I found this to be a great sarcastic show more chick-lit collection that had me chuckling while rolling my eyes at the same time. show less
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- Canonical title
- Are You Married to a Psychopath?
- Epigraph
- ... the conversation we're having now would be unthinkable for our parents. They never discussed things at night, but slept soundly. But our generation sleeps badly, we are restless and feel we can find the answers to every... (show all)thing, whether we're right or wrong. - CHEKHOV
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- Genres
- General Fiction, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 843.914 — Literature & rhetoric French & related literatures French fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ3919.2 .B5173 .E84 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Provincial, local, colonial, etc.
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- 1
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
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