The Book of Love by Diane Ackerman

The Book of Love

Diane Ackerman

864 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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How do we define love? "It feels like hunger pains, and we use the same word. Pang. Perhaps this is why Cupid is depicted with a quiver of arrows, because love feels at times like being pierced in the chest. It is a wholesome violence. . . . Peopl...

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