http://bibliofilles.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/we-so-seldom-look-on-love-barbara-gowdy/ we "have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bibliofilles.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/we-so-seldom-look-on-love-barbara-gowdy/#comment-23 Manuela Vieira-Ribeiro Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:56:09 +0000 http://bibliofilles.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/we-so-seldom-look-on-love-barbara-gowdy/#comment-23 The novel piques my interest because I think that deep down, we all possess some kind of perverse fascination with the themes outlined above (deformity, sexuality. . .). As a society, we have been somewhat conditioned to embrace the macabre and the erotic with both horror and curiosity. The media plays upon this duality in our psyche by playing up the sensationalist. We decry the graphic nature of the stories and images published/broadcast, yet we cannot turn away. Are you proposing this as a possible book for us, MD? The novel piques my interest because I think that deep down, we all possess some kind of perverse fascination with the themes outlined above (deformity, sexuality. . .). As a society, we have been somewhat conditioned to embrace the macabre and the erotic with both horror and curiosity. The media plays upon this duality in our psyche by playing up the sensationalist. We decry the graphic nature of the stories and images published/broadcast, yet we cannot turn away. Are you proposing this as a possible book for us, MD?

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