Results for: books tagged ‘Obsession’
Antarctica: Claire Keegan
From the opening story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind - to sleep with another man - Antarctica draws ... More
As She Climbed Across the Table: Jonathan Lethem
What if your lover left you for nothing? Literally Nothing? From the author of Motherless Brooklyn, this is a strange, hilarious love story about a man, a woman, and the ... More
Attempts on Her Life: Martin Crimp
Martin Crimp's 17 scenarios for the theatre, shocking and hilarious by turn, are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography and ethnic violence, to terrorism and unprotected sex, its ... More
August Strindberg's Creditors: David Greig
Anxiously awaiting the return of his new wife, Adolph finds solace in the words of a stranger. But comfort soon turns to destruction as old wounds are opened, insecurities are ... More
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter: Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario is an eighteen-year-old law student and radio news editor who falls in love with his 32-year-old divorced 'Aunt' Julia, the wife of his cousin. Their scandalous affair is interwoven ... More
Billy's Rain: Hugo Williams
The fifty poems in Billy's Rain chart the course of a love affair, now ended. Its complications, obsessions, evasions, secret joys and emotional pitfalls are explored with all the subtlety ... More
Birdy: Naomi Wallace
'A work of astounding originality and imagination.' Daily MailNaomi Wallace's play, based on the novel by William Wharton, was first presented at the Drum Theatre in Plymouth and transferred to ... More
Blackbird: David Harrower
Fifteen years ago Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven’t set eyes on each other since. Now, years later, she’s found him again . . .Blackbird was commissioned by ... More
A Blow to the Heart: Marcel Theroux
The violent death of Daisy's husband leaves her a widow at thirty-two, obliterating everything she has lived for. As she struggles to build a new life, a chance encounter with ... More
The Book of Illusions: Paul Auster
A grief-stricken man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a strange and intense journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions and unexpected love ... More
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