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Monogamy

Paperback • 1999 • English

Monogamy

By Adam Phillips

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About the book

In this sparkling, provocative collection of meditations on coupledom and its discontents, Adam Phillips manages to unsettle one of our most dearly held ideals, that of the monogamous couple, by speculating upon the impulses that most threaten it--boredom, desire, and the tempting idea that erotic fulfillment might lie elsewhere. With 121 brilliant aphorisms, the witty, erudite psychoanalyst who gave us On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored distills the urgent questions and knotty paradoxes behi...Show more

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ISBN

9780679776178

Publisher

VINTAGE

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Monogamy

Format

Paperback

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