Original Bliss - Hardcover

Kennedy, A. L.

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444 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375402721 ISBN 13: 9780375402722

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1999

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Two very different and troubled people--an emotionally paralyzed woman and an exhibitionist addicted to pornography--embark on an unlikely, life-transforming courtship that allows both of them to find the courage to escape their individual isolation

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Review:

" A writer rich in the humanity and warmth that seems at a premium in these bleak times." --Salman Rushdie " Kennedy has now proved that she is one of the few young writers to have found a distinctive voice, one that we could recognize even from a couple of sentences; and that in itself is already a considerable achievement." --Jonathan Coe " The young Scottish writer A. L. Kennedy has said she admires Raymond Carver for his sense of limitation, for his dealing with small precise human situations for themselves. Her own work has these virtues." --A. S. Byatt " Mesmerizes with its musicality and startles with the frankness of its sexual detail . . . The narrative is relentless . . . Manages to address its characters' deep pathos brazenly, and without apology." --Publishers Weekly " Beautiful, rare, and touching: Kennedy handles extremely volatile material with the greatest care . . . A small gem." --Kirkus Reviews

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'A writer of linguistic brilliance, balm-bearing humanity and blissful originality' Scotsman

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