The Love Book

by Ken Wohlrob (Goodreads author)
The Love Book
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8 ratings, 4.25 average rating, 6 reviews (more data...)
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published
December 16th 2007 by Bully Press

binding
Paperback, 216 pages

isbn
0615171427    (isbn13: 9780615171425)

description
Five gritty, absurd and darkly comic tales. Five characters at a crossroads in their lives. While recovering in a New Jersey motel room, an obese fema...more




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Ben
04/28/08
Ben rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2008
There are just five not so short, short stories in this unbelievably rich collection, and while love may be the operative word here, I'm not sure anyone would call them love stories, per se. Now that said, are these stories all about how love gets warped, lost, manipulated, sublimated, twisted, fetishized, tainted and occasionally celebrated? Yes, and more. And so do I think you should you read this collection? Yes, again, for sure.
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Alex
12/31/08
Alex rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2008
My favorite of these five stories of offbeat contemporary relationships is The Fetish. Cleverly constructed and very funny, the story tracks the misadventures a man who knows exactly what he wants and gets it back. Wohlrob nails our hesitant and evasive language of love.
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Owen
07/15/08
Owen rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2008
recommends it for: Everyone
Quite an accomplishment to take one of the all-time most popular themes in literature and make it feel this fresh and engaging. These stories examine the nature of love from oblique angles and each one is guaranteed to provoke a different emotional reaction. You will be thoroughly entertained as Ken breaks your heart!
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Tim
04/28/08
Tim rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Ken's debut collection is sad, serious, funny and moving. Displaced/misfit characters trying to overcome regrets, fetishes, old age and other vagaries of human existence. (Fuller review at the Amazon.com page for the book.)
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Michelle Gourlay
08/31/08
Michelle Gourlay rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
recommends it for: Everyone
Disturbing, confusing, sad, funny, poignant. Five modern tales about love, about life. Ken's first collection is astonishing, written with a great heart.
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Marcus
12/13/08
Marcus marked it as to-read

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I read a preview of this on amazon, and I must say it looks awesome...
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12/29/08
Ronja Cosmasia rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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08/09/08
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04/09/08
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04/04/08
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03/15/08
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Ken
02/15/08
Ken rated it: 5 of 5 stars





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