Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence - Softcover

Perel, Esther

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060753641 ISBN 13: 9780060753641

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2007

Synopsis

A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.

One of the world's most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home.

Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of sustaining desire. Through case studies and lively discussion, Perel demonstrates how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that will transform the way you live and love.

About this title

Review:

"Well argued points written with considerable eloquence."--Jerusalem Post

"This is a brave book...refreshing."--The Times Higher Education Supplement

"An elegant sociological study, complete with erudite literary and anthropological references."--Daily Telegraph (London)

"Her advice is refreshingly counterintuitive."--Salon.com

"A charming blend of wit and wisdom...this book will give you a fresh perspective on long-term love."--Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia)

"An excellent book, full of provocative prose and entertaining case illustrations."--Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

"Mating in Captivity...articulates a poignant and unacknowledged modern crisis for the first time."--The Evening Standard (London)

"So honest it hurts."--Irish Times

From the Author:

I wrote this book because, in 22 years of practice in six
different languages, I've met couples over and over again who were having a
good relationship, who love each other, but who have no sex, no tingle! I
met couples who had a bad relationship, and who I helped to have a good
relationship again, and the expectation was that the sex would just come
back - but it didn't. I began to think there's something in this premise -
that if sex is wrong, the relationship is wrong; and equally that more
talk, intimacy and closeness will equal more sex, better sex - that just
doesn't work. I knew I was on to something.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060753641
• ISBN 13: 9780060753641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272