· “Daphne Merkin has written a novel as vexing and bright as a Rubik’s Cube. 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love is an anti-romance about a woman’s profane and humiliating desire to be defined by love.” —Catherine Lacey, author of Pew “Sometimes desire is a catastrophe. · A harrowing, compulsively readable novel about breaking free of sexual obsession. A novel of unsurpassed candor, punctuated by bold ruminations on love, marriage, family, sex, gender, and relationships, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love depicts one woman’s psychological descent into sexual captivity. This is the story of the extremes to which she will go to achieve erotic bliss—and of her /5(3). · “22 Minutes of Unconditional Love” is an arresting novel that explores the alchemy of contradictions that exist in all great works of literature. Observant and witty, Merkin makes each Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
In Daphne Merkin's 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love, book editor Judith Stone meets criminal defense attorney Howard Rose at the party of mutual friends in New York City. A relationship ensues that Stone describe as " twisted love — love indistinct from madness" and later as an " obsession." Stone recalls the relationship as a much younger. 22 MINUTES OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Merkin, whose nonfiction has dealt with her own depression and sexual obsessions, now offers a "novel about a sexual obsession.". Narrator Judith Stone, a New York City writer securely married to radiologist Richard and pregnant with their second child, announces to the reader that she's writing the story. Adjunct Associate Professor Daphne Merkin's latest novel, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love, has been published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The novel follows main character Judith Stone as she sinks into and eventually attempts to break free from sexual obsession and control.
“Daphne Merkin has written a novel as vexing and bright as a Rubik’s Cube. 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love is an anti-romance about a woman’s profane and humiliating desire to be defined by love.” —Catherine Lacey, author of Pew “Sometimes desire is a catastrophe. A harrowing, compulsively readable novel about breaking free of sexual obsession. A novel of unsurpassed candor, punctuated by bold ruminations on love, marriage, family, sex, gender, and relationships, 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love depicts one woman’s psychological descent into sexual captivity. This is the story of the extremes to which she will go to achieve erotic bliss—and of her struggle to regain her soul. “22 Minutes of Unconditional Love” is an arresting novel that explores the alchemy of contradictions that exist in all great works of literature. Observant and witty, Merkin makes each.
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