Sita
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Book Overview
Presents moment-by-moment record of the fading of love, with all of its agony and false-dawn respites. This book follows the disintegration of the author's love affair with a woman who is ten years... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0345273621
ISBN13:9780345273628
Release Date:May 1978
Publisher:Ballantine Books
Length:313 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Unflinching and fiery
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This autobiography of the last days of her quite obsessive relationship with Sita is the story of a dying love affair, where each day's petty slights and delightful surprises are digested for the insightful truths and harsh realities of self analysis. Like Violette Leduc, Millett charts every moment and every emotion during the days of bliss and the days of spite in the struggle to save the love they share, until Sita's ultimate betrayal by leaving for a man. Included in this new edition is a portion of the elegy Millett wrote after Sita's suicide in 1978, which is a stunning finale for this captivating memoir. Unlike other reviewers, I didn't find this at all depressing. Rather, I found this book uplifting and mesmerising.
a phenomenal description of love-sickness
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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.
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