Longing
by Maria Espinosa
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An intense psychological novel, this book focuses on a young woman's dependence on her husband and her attempts to forge an independent life for herself. Rosa, a frail, sensitive American Jew living in Paris, marries an alcoholic expatriate from Chile and finds herself trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. Amid a series of fast-moving events-the birth of their daughter, moving to Rosa's parents' home and then to Sausalito, California, and various sexual encounters-this narrative show more explores Antonio's fears and failures as well as Rosa's implicit trust in him to direct her life. Ultimately, Rosa begins to question her relationship with her husband and her parents. show lessTags
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- Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3555 .S545 .L6 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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