Sita
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252068874 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"a phenomenal description of love-sickness" according to A Customer. I agree with the first reviewer that this books is disturbing and depressing. Clearly this is not the author's finest hour as a person. But what saved it for me was that as an author, Millet really does shine. She captures the truth of being the one who loves and needs more, and it IS painful. I found this book fascinating.. MILLETT’S ACCOUNT OF A LOVE AFFAIR, AND ITS ENDING, AND AFTERMATH Steven H Propp Katherine Murray ("Kate") Millett (born 1934) is a feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She has written other books such as Sexual Politics, Flying, Loony-Bin Trip, The Prostitution Papers, etc. [NOTE: page numbers below refer to the 313-page paperback edition.]She wrote in the first chapter of this 1977 book, “T. A Customer said A harrowing tale of lesbian love and loss. The narrator Kate, an accomplished New York artist, returns to San Francisco after a long absence in an attempt to rekindle her steamy romance with the exotic Sita. What follows is a stream-of-consciousness narrative of hope and despair, a roller-coaster ride from erotic highs to suicidal lows. As with any love story, the reader's
" -- Ms. It is Millett's autobiographical account of her long affair with Sita This 2000 edition is prefaced briefly by Millett, who reexamines the contemporary importance of the text as lesbian literature." -- The Bloomsbury Review "The impression the book gives is of total honesty Not a single detail -- emotional or anatomical -- has been left out. When Sita committed suicide in 1978, Millett composed four prose elegies in her memory This edition includes one of these elegies, published for the first time. Its addition enriches the story of the woman it celebrates. "A bold and passionate book named f
As each fragile thread of their love dissolves, Millett dwells on what drew them together, recounting all the hopes, tricks, and evasions that made up their erotic dance. Fiery, seductive, elegant, and exotic, "Sita" captivates Millett in every sense, offering unimagined pleasure and much-needed emotional security. Arriving from New York to spend half the year in Berkeley, as they had arranged, Millett is appalled to find the house - their house - overrun with Sita's troubled children and their hangers-on.Amid this unexpected chaos, she struggles with searing jealousy and self-doubt to salvage her relationship with Sita, who is often preoccupied, impatient, and cold, and who frequently disappears for assignations with male lovers. This reissue also features a new preface