From "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune), here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people.
The Feast of Love is just that -- a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones.
In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other -- disparate people joined by the meanderings of love -- and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. Crafted with subtlety, grace, and power, The Feast of Love is a masterful novel.
The Feast of Love is just that -- a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates; parents seek out their lost children; adult children try to come to terms with their own parents and, in some cases, find new ones.
In vignettes both comic and sexy, the owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game during which she was stricken by the beauty of the shortstop. A young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love. A professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable workings of the human heart Their voices resonate with each other -- disparate people joined by the meanderings of love -- and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life. Crafted with subtlety, grace, and power, The Feast of Love is a masterful novel.
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Hardback Editions
June 2001 : Hardback
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January 2000 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
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August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Feast of Love (Vintage Contemporaries) Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 0-307-38727-5 / 978-0-307-38727-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2002 : Paperback
| Title: The Feast of Love Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 1-84115-638-8 / 9781841156385 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 2001 : Paperback
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April 2000 : Paperback
| Title: The Feast of Love: A Novel Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 0-375-41019-8 / 978-0-375-41019-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Pantheon Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2000 : Paperback
| Title: The Feast of Love. Author(s): Charles. Baxter ISBN: 0-9650464-2-7 / 978-0-9650464-2-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Pantheon Availability: Amazon More details... |
1999 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
September 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: The Feast of Love Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 1-59777-144-9 / 9781597771443 (USA edition) Publisher: Phoenix Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2004 : Audio CD
| Title: The Feast of Love Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 1-59007-503-X / 9781590075036 (USA edition) Publisher: New Millennium Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
December 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Feast of Love Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 1-59007-502-1 / 9781590075029 (USA edition) Publisher: New Millennium Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
May 2009 : Kindle edition
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June 2001 : Kindle edition
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June 2001 : Unbound
| Title: Feast of Love Author(s): Charles Baxter ISBN: 0-375-72782-5 / 978-0-375-72782-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Modern Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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