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Rapture

Published
Jan 2002
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General Fiction General Fiction
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128

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In this stunning novel, the renowned author of Evening "explores a tragic irony of love and sex: how one partner can reach the heights of devotion at the very instant the other is dumped into the pits of despair" (Time Out New York).

"Minot's story . . . is timeless, and she makes you feel pure, raw ache. . . . [Rapture is] romantic in the true sense of the word."—The Miami Herald
 
In a New York apartment, two long-estranged lovers try to resuscitate their passion. Kay is old enough to be skeptical about men—this man in particular—but still alert to the possibility of true love. Benjamin is a filmmaker with an appealing waywardness and a conveniently disappearing fiancée.
 
As the two lie entwined in bed, Susan Minot ushers readers across an entire landscape of memory and sensation to reveal the infinite nuances of sex: its power to exalt and deceive, to connect two separate selves, or make them fully aware of their solitude. Honest and unflinching, the result is a hypnotic reading experience.

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Apr 2003 Vintage ISBN 0375727884
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First Edition Jan 2002 Knopf ISBN 0375413278
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Jan 2002 Knopf ISBN 0375414428
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Feb 2002 Vintage ISBN B000FC1K5C
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Feb 2002 Fourth Estate (UK) ISBN 0007393490
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