Longing |
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| Author:
| Espinosa, Maria |
| ISBN: | 978-0-916727-89-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Wings Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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An intense psychological novel, this 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 this narrative explores Antonio's fears and failures as well as Rosa's implicit trust in him to direct her life.
An intense psychological novel, this 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 this narrative explores Antonio's fears and failures as well as Rosa's implicit trust in him to direct her life.