My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead
Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro
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Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro
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Average rating3.5
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These aren't love stories that explore the beauty of love, but rather love stories that explore the hurt of love delayed or unfulfilled.
Eugenides subtitles his book with the phrase “great love stories”, but he cautions his readers in his introductory remarks that this is not a book of gooey, sappy stories. There are no happy endings here. But, unless you are a person who takes great pleasure in Harlequins, you will find every story a little masterpiece and you will “love” this book. (Remembering, of course, that “love”, even the love of books, is not always a pleasant experience.)
