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"At once a love story and a philosophical meditation." --New York Times Book Review.
Love, identity, and a narrator without a label
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Love, identity, and a narrator without a label
An unnamed, ungendered narrator’s consuming affair with a married woman gives this novel its central tension. The beloved is described as complex and conflicted, while the narration’s lack of gender leaves identity open as part of the book’s design. The supplied description also frames the novel as a philosophical meditation alongside its love story, placing questions of desire and selfhood beside the relationship at its heart.
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