Loves That Bind
Loves That Bind by Julian Rios, published by Knopf on April 28, 1998, is a first edition work comprising 243 pages. This book presents an intensely erotic and literary adventure set against the backdrop of London, narrated by Emil, who grapples with the abandonment of his beloved. As he wanders the city, he seeks therapy, distraction, or revenge, writing twenty-six letters to his fugitive lover, each detailing his affairs with women who resemble famous literary heroines.
Readers will find that Emil’s letters unfold in alphabetical order, adopting the tone and style of notable twentieth-century novelists. His recollections of past love affairs become increasingly extravagant and hallucinatory, blurring the lines between fact and fantasy. The narrative invites exploration of themes such as desire and rejection, while also engaging with the building blocks of modernist and postmodernist literature. Loves That Bind is a linguistic tour de force, rich in wordplay and complexity, offering a unique perspective on love and loss.
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From one of Spain’s most distinguished–and daring–writers comes this intensely erotic and shamelessly literary adventure through the streets of London.
Emil, the mysterious narrator, has been abandoned by the woman he loves. Filled with doubt and nostalgia, bent on therapy or distraction or revenge, he wanders the city in search of her. Driven by the anguish of rejection and desire, he writes twenty-six letters to his fugitive lover, each an intricately detailed account of his affairs with twenty-six women who
preceded her. Each of these figures bears an uncanny resemblance to a famous literary heroine, from Proust’s Albertine to Fitzgerald’s Daisy to Nabokov’s Lolita to Queneau’s Zazie.
One by one, in alphabetical order, Emil’s letters adopt the tone, style, and substance of the great novelists of the twentieth century, while, in recollection, his past love affairs grow increasingly extravagant and hallucinatory. As we follow his physical and creative journey, we try to unravel fact from fantasy, emotion from delusion, while searching for clues to the novel’s amorous alphabet, the building blocks of modernist and postmodernist literature.
A seductive puzzle saturated with wordplay, Loves That Bind is a linguistic tour de force of remarkable agility and wit.
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