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~ (Author) "THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT EXIST only for a matter of days, sometimes only for hours, not lasting long enough to be named or even recognized..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Grub's Nest, Ski Ball (more...)
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A hurricane alert strands a pair of lovers in a small Florida town, leading to a steamy erotic interlude in which Shepard (The Jaguar Hunter) traces the evolution of the couple's passionate affair as well as their problematic future together. Russell is a freelance journalist on assignment in Florida who runs into Kay Rossman, a beautiful, married college professor with whom he's been having an intense, off-again-on-again affair for some time. In between bouts of passion, some brief and rather vague references are made to Rossman's difficult marriage; her husband is a controlling man whom she feels compelled to stay with out of loyalty. Her divided allegiances cause considerable tension with Russell, and Shepard delineates the arc of their deep-seated love by tracing their various passionate encounters until the moment finally comes when they must leave one another. The story closes with some intense last-minute negotiations in which Russell agrees to move to Los Angeles to be close to Rossman and support her when she leaves her husband; a couple of tepid plot twists round out the final resolution. Shepard is an artful, accomplished writer who certainly knows his way around an erotically charged love scene, but he fails to flesh out the plot with anything other than the constant coupling of his two lovers. The result is an arousing but one-dimensional novel by a writer who has the talent to craft a far more complete book.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.



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Cast as a love letter from a man to his married lover, Shepard's novel is haunting and magical. When a well-traveled journalist and his former lover are stranded in a small town in South Florida because of a hurricane, they fall in love all over again. Although they have been lovers off and on since college, neither the man nor his girlfriend has ever really taken the time to know the other completely--until now. When the hurricane recedes, and they go back to their separate lives, they find that their recent time together has created a bond they can no longer ignore. Highly reminiscent of the feminist classic The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899), Valentine is erotic and despairing in tone as it traces the transformation of lust into something deeper. Shepard's protagonist intersperses the passionate entreaties of a man in love with philosophical musings on memory, desire, chaos, synchronicity, fate, and the way that different stories play out in our lives. Bonnie Johnston
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press (January 9, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568582153
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568582153
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,695,803 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta Read This!, March 12, 2002
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Seriously. Perfect title: I bought it for my girlfriend; she loved it so much she made me read it. The prose is so erotic, well, it sparked up our relationship a bit (like "91/2 Weeks"). Shepard's knack for telling detail and precise insight combine to provide an experience of both breathtaking description and emotional impact. This guy writes like a demon and you should read him ASAP.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dream lover, March 10, 2002
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A beautifully written little book about love and the illusion of love. Shepard's lyrical yet emotionally precise prose illuminates the mysterious process of the weathers of the heart by choosing to isolate his lovers in a town itself isolated by hurricane whose reality is in question. Is it all a dream, a story the narrator is telling to a woman for whom he longs, or an actual record of a moment in "a serial affair?" Whatever the case, VALENTINE reads like the essence of a love affair, the distillation of a dream. Its intensity and luminous clarity is obviously the product of a man in love--a very talented man named Lucius Shepard.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of romance and love lost in Florida, June 5, 2002
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It's hard to easily classify this title: part novel, part fantasy, is this story of romance and love lost in Florida, where a hurricane brings an unusual reunion with a lost love. A series of strange circumstances involves them in frightening possibilities in this unusual story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A review of the book.
The fascinating thing about Lucius Shepard is how he generates debate between intercolutors and the heat of argument. Read more
Published on June 20, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars At least get your facts straight
The guy who didn't like this book much writes as if he had some knowledge of Shepard and his work...but he gets most of it wrong. Read more
Published on May 11, 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Partial return to form
I was surprised to see a new novel by Lucius Shepard as I had thought that he had retired some time ago. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Virtuoso not bozzo
I loved it. This is my all time favorit book right now. It is so exciting to see Lucuis back writing. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A diamond in the rough
A powerful book, though it owes an obvious debt to Tony Daniel's seminal masterwork, "Canoe". Where Daniel guides, Shepard follows.
Published on March 1, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars stunning accomplishment
What a revelation! Equal parts wit, heart and a sure-handed prose of both dazzling elegance and muscle. This is what we talk about when we talk about love. Read more
Published on March 1, 2002 by BobbyF

5.0 out of 5 stars Futility of the heart's desire
Shepard is a master of the human heart. He knows it's rhythms and movements. While others deal in vast unatainable panoramas he delves into the human soul. Read more
Published on February 7, 2002 by Gunter E. Swain

5.0 out of 5 stars An erotic fantasy for grownups
Shepard is a fantasist in the sense that Marquez is. He fully explores his characters by projecting the subconscious dimension of their conflicts onto the setting. Read more
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