What Is This Thing Called Love?
What Is This Thing Called Love? by Gene Wilder is a first edition collection published by St. Martin’s Press on March 30, 2010. This book presents twelve stories that delve into the complexities of love, showcasing various forms of this profound emotion. Each narrative captures the essence of love through relatable characters who navigate relationships that can either uplift or challenge them, often influenced by subtle interactions.
Readers will find a diverse exploration of love in Wilder’s stories, which include themes of star-crossed affection, unrequited feelings, and even humor. The protagonists range from the shy and inexperienced to those seeking connection in unconventional ways. With a total of 176 pages, this collection invites readers to reflect on the many facets of love through engaging storytelling.
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The actor and novelist answers this eternal question twelve ways, in stories that explore our most complicated emotion
This is a winning collection from an author writing on his favorite topic: love. Each emotionally involving story illuminates a different kind of love: star-crossed, intense, needy, eternal, unrequited, even comical. Wilder’s protagonists will be instantly recognizable to his fans: men and women who stumble into relationships that can fulfill them or knock them out cold. Which one it will be depends, often, on the smallest of gestures or reactions. Wilder’s stories include:
• “In Love for the First Time,” about a lover so shy and studious that he’s a “funny duck” who has to be led by the hand by his equally inexperienced girlfriend
• “About Being in Love,” featuring coarse but charming Buddy Silverman, who yearns for connection but looks for it in exactly the wrong kind of woman
• “The Woman in the Red Hat,” who shows a writer who has only explored love in his books what the real thing feels like.
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