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High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery By Some Of Our Best Contemporary Authors
 
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High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery By Some Of Our Best Contemporary Authors [Paperback]

John Mcnally (Author)
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August 19, 1998
High Infidelity brings together twenty-four irresistible stories on the subject of marital betrayal by such virtuosos as John Updike, Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Russell Banks, as well as new voices like Abby Bardi and Gregg Palmer, and even a never-before-published story by Richard Russo, author of Nobody's Fool.

This collection embraces poignance and passion, the utterly unexpected and the sadly inevitable -- in short, the whole complicated, contradictory world that unfolds when men and women break their vows.


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Adultery has long shadowed marriage and has long fascinated writers and readers alike for obvious reasons. Forbidden love affairs are full of romance, lust, guilt, danger, and ecstasy. What with one complication after another, adultery generates complexity of emotion, thought, and circumstance, not to mention obsession. This collision of passions and abandonment of reason has inspired writers to create tragedies and comedies, melodrama and satire, cliches and wholly unexpected revelations, and the full range of these interpretations is found in this provocative anthology. Editor McNally has chosen stories that portray standard affairs between intelligent adults, an unsettling liaison between a 41-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, true love between previously heterosexual women, and an imaginative take on two historical figures. The two dozen authors include Margaret Atwood, John Updike, David Huddle, Mary Swick, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ethan Canin, Bharati Mukherjee, and Richard Russo. Donna Seaman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Using adultery as a common thread, editor McNally gathers over twenty stories by both well-known and new writers. This literary collection reveals affairs which transform all involved, charting acts of love, lust, and revenge alike. Updike and others contribute to a unique coverage. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 19, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0688163580
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688163587
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,332,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great list of writers., February 16, 1999
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Wow, what a great line up of writers. These are the best around. Some of the stories are really great - Russel Bank's story just knocked me out - and all are definitely worth checking out.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on a touchy subject. It's a must read., August 13, 1998
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McNally has compiled a wide array of stories that tackles a difficult subject matter. To be human means that you have committed, been the victim of, or, at the very least, considered adultery. It is nice to read what some great authors have to say on the subject. I could not recommend this book more highly. Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great list of writers., February 16, 1999
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Wow, what a great line up of writers. These are the best around. Some of the stories are really great - Russel Bank's story just knocked me out - and all are definitely worth checking out.
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