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On the Wings of Eros: Nightly Readings for Passion and Romance »

Book cover image of On the Wings of Eros: Nightly Readings for Passion and Romance by Alicia Alvrez

Authors: Alicia Alvrez (Compiler), Daphne Rose Kingma
ISBN-13: 9781573240130, ISBN-10: 1573240133
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Date Published: September 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Alicia Alvrez

Book Synopsis

A luscious collection of more than 150 romantic readings and amorous suggestions to indulge couples' hearts, bodies, and souls. Designed to be used nightly, this tastefully sensual compendium includes selections by D.H. Lawrence, Sappho, Anais Nin, Walt Whitman, Pablo Neruda, Rilke, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Publishers Weekly

Dear Author: Students Write About the Books That Changed Their Lives, introduced by Lois Lowry, contains 75 of the more than 20,000 letters submitted to Read magazine's ``Letters About Literature'' contest for junior high and high school students. ``I was angry with you for making me face the truth,'' a daughter of divorced parents writes to Judy Blume; ``If you really are Holden Caulfield,'' a girl writes to J.D. Salinger, ``you are not only a famous literary character, you are my hero''; ``Niccolo,'' a boy tells Machiavelli, ``I believe your views are right, and that is exactly why I cannot become what you were, a politician'' (Conari, dist. by Publishers Group West, paper $9.95, 204p ISBN 1-57324-013-3 Sept.).

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