Rapture
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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.
About this Author
Susan Minot is an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter. Her first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and won the Prix Femina Étranger in France. Her novel Evening was a worldwide bestseller and became a major motion picture. She lives with her daughter in New York City and on an island off the coast of Maine.
Reviews
"Minot reaches a new level in her career. . . . Brimming with stylistic and emotional intelligence."--San Francisco Chronicle
"A disconcerting examination of love and war between the sexes."--The New Yorker
"Minot's story . . . is timeless, and she makes you feel its pure, raw ache. . . . [Rapture is] romantic in the true sense of the word."--Miami Herald
"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
"Mesmerizing . . . provocative."--Harper's Bazaar
"In Minot's writing, one is often reminded of Henry James. Like James, she pursues the filaments of emotion that almost escape language. . . . Minot's writing [is] beautiful, evocative, and self-assured."--O, The Oprah Magazine
"A splendid piece of narrative sleight-of-hand . . . that further confirms Minot's place among our finest novelists."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"I would challenge any reader to read this and not find moments of gut-wrenching truth, as if Minot had looked straight into each of our hearts."--The Providence Journal
"In language simultaneously rich and spare. . . . [Rapture] has a muscular swagger uncommon in fiction by women."--Vogue
"[Rapture offers] equally convincing portraits of the ways men and women think about love and sex."--Interview
"Minot takes an insightful, intelligent, humorous look at the tangled mess of modern love."--The Toronto Star
"[Minot] draws the reader in with subtle strokes of mood and atmosphere and with her ability to express so much in so few words."--The Oakland Press
"You get the sense that Minot has lived every moment, spoken every syllable, felt every emotion. The weird thing is: so have you."--The Baltimore City Paper
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