Four letter word : invented correspondence from the edge of modern romance /
A collection of new fiction exploring the charm and potency of a classic genre . . . the love letter, by some of today's most celebrated writers including: Margaret Atwood, David Bezmozgis, Douglas Coupland, Michel Faber, A.L. Kennedy, Jeanette Winterson
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
2007
New York : 2008 New York : 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st Free Press hardcover ed |
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| Summary: | A collection of new fiction exploring the charm and potency of a classic genre . . . the love letter, by some of today's most celebrated writers including: Margaret Atwood, David Bezmozgis, Douglas Coupland, Michel Faber, A.L. Kennedy, Jeanette Winterson "Is there any communication more potent than the love letter? Is there any charge greater than seeing those words on paper? The editors of this collection decided to ask some of the most important writers of our time to compose a fictional love letter - breathing new life into a forgotten custom, and affording words themselves the power of seduction that they richly deserve. The result is an iridescent picture of what love looks like in the twenty-first century: a collage of methods and moods. Each letter is radically different from the others, and all but one are published for the first time." "Love: a vague word for an emotion so ethereal it's not always possible to demonstrate. But there still exists an assumption that experiences - and, by extension, the emotions that experiences evoke - are more resonant when you write them down. And it's that faith, that belief that writing down these naked, shocking, inadvisable and probably destructive feelings makes them worthwhile, that powers this collection, each piece of which is a testimony to the creative powers of our leading writers today, and every piece of which will move you."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 2007 This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | viii, 259 p. : ill. ; 20 cm viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 1416569731 9781416569732 |