Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages

Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages
- Every chapter revolves around a crisis that occurred in each of these marriages
Katie Roipheâ‚¬s stimulating work has made her one of the most talked about cultural critics of her generation. Now this bracing young writer delves deeply into one of the most layered of subjects: marriage. Drawn in part from the private memoirs, personal correspondence, and long-forgotten journals of the British literary community from 1910 to the Second World War, here are seven â‚¬Å“marriages Â la modeâ‚¬Ââ‚¬"each rising to the challenge of intimate relations in more or less creative ways. Jane Wells, the wife of H.G., remained his rock, despite his decade-long relationship with Rebecca West (among others). Katherine Mansfield had an irresponsible, childlike romance with her husband, John Middleton Murry, that collapsed under the strain of real-life problems. Vera Brittain and George Gordon Catlin spent years in a â‚¬Å“semidetachedâ‚¬Â marriage (he in America, she in England). Vanessa Bell maintained a complicated harmony with the painter Duncan Grant, whom she loved, and her husband, Clive. And her sister Virginia Woolf, herself no stranger to marital particularities, sustained a brilliant running commentary on the most intimate details of those around her.

Every chapter revolves around a crisis that occurred in each of these marriagesâ‚¬"as serious as life-threatening illness or as seemingly innocuous as a slightly tipsy dinner table conversationâ‚¬"and how it was resolvedâ‚¬Â¦or not resolved. In these portraits, Roiphe brilliantly evokes what are, as she says, â‚¬Å“the fluctuations and shifts in attraction, the mysteries of lasting affection, the endurance and changes in love, and the role of friendship in marriage.â‚¬Â The deeper mysteries at stake in all relationships.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385339384
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-05-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385339384

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385339384
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-05-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385339384

Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages

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