Geography of an Adultery: A Novel
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ISBN: 1590511107 / Publisher: Other Press, February 2022
Two co-workers, Ema and Paul, each married with children, begin a passionate love affair in hurried meetings in cars and hotel rooms until Ema tires of the restrictions and makes a decision that puts them both in danger. Original.
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Dissecting a midlife affair, this perceptive, slyly comical debut explores how the spaces that limit our movements can be more exciting than the person we think we want.Ema and Paul are lovers. Like so many others before them, they met through work. Both are married with children, and they arrange hurried meetings away from prying eyes. Paul’s car, a corner of Ema’s house, a hotel room…But their relationship soon suffers from this too-restricted sphere, and Ema decides to put them both in danger, at the risk of losing everything. Cleverly attaching itself to the locations where passion plays out—whether domestic or professional, safe or transgressive—Geography of an Adultery casts a radical eye on anticipation and desire. With her deceptively cool, clinically precise style, Agnès Riva unravels the inner workings of a private life.
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