Consent
By Ciment, Jill,
Book

Consent :a memoir

by
Ciment, Jill,1953-. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
Ciment, Jill,1953-Marriage.(WiMaSCL)5289635
Ciment, Jill,1953-Childhood and youth.(WiMaSCL)5289636
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Publisher and Date
New York :Pantheon Books,[2024]
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593701065.
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0593701062.
Library of Congress Call Number
PR9199.3.C499Z46 2024
Description
145 pages :illustrations ;22 cm
System Control Number
(OCoLC)1437835968
Summary"From acclaimed novelist and short story writer, a deft, somewhat shocking, memoir-a 21st-century Lolita turned upside down, told from the point of view of the girl, the author, seen in the context of the current discourse on sexual harassment and abuse in the era of #MeToo. A close-up look at the ardent, willed love affair between the author and her art teacher that began when she was 17 and he, 47, married with two children, and the contortions and erotic wild ride their illicit, urgent passion took them on as it turned into an improbable but blissful marriage that lasted for 45 years until his death at 93. A stunning, riveting book about morality and about a decades-long marriage that begins with a kiss and consensual sex (into criminality?), that asks-and explores-many questions along the way: does a story's ending excuse its beginning? Does a kiss in one moment mean something else entirely five decades later? Can a love that starts with such an asymmetrical balance of power ever right itself . . . ?"--Provided by publisher.
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