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Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time

By Stephen A. Mitchell

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton Company
Year
2003
ISBN
0393078485, 9780393078480
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
359 kB (367117 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2021-06-21 19:46:08

Description

Common wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in long-term relationships—it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows that love can endure, if only we become aware of our self-destructive efforts to protect ourselves from its risks. "Those who read this book will love more wisely because of it."—Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon "[A] work on romance that is rich and multi-layered."—Publishers Weekly "Cheerful, open, and humane—you'd definitely have wanted him as your analyst."—Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review "[T]houghtful, compassionate, and profoundly optimistic."—JoAnn Gutin, Salon.com

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