Being a librarian, we read the occasional book. Working in a library is an endless torment for me, because I see all these wonderful books coming in and I can't help but feel a niggling resentment toward the patrons who get to read them before I do.
So I am reading a book. It's called 3, by Julie Hilden. Although only up to page 61, it is proving to be both bleak and insidiously addictive. The blurb says and I quote, "A compelling chronicle of obsession and power, 3 brings new immediacy to a timeless question; What is the greatest sacrifice you would make for love?" Sound cheesy? Hell yes. Is it? Hell NO. The premise is that Maya discovers her husband's chronic infidelities on the eve of their wedding. She decides not to leave him, but instead issues him with a condition - she is always present during his... interludes. Which of course leads to her participation. It might sound like another porno novel, but it is actually quite good. Stylishly written and quite broody so far, it touches on the concept of intimacy vs power/lessness and inevitably leads one to ponder such things as "does sexual surrender equal powerlessness, or is the power in the choice to surrender?" Maya is quite a dark wee thing, who has the ability (sometimes) to emotionally remove herself from the situation and look at it with remarkable clarity.
3 promises to lead me into a mystery involving a third character and a situation which "ultimately threatens Maya's life". So I'll keep you posted.
So I am reading a book. It's called 3, by Julie Hilden. Although only up to page 61, it is proving to be both bleak and insidiously addictive. The blurb says and I quote, "A compelling chronicle of obsession and power, 3 brings new immediacy to a timeless question; What is the greatest sacrifice you would make for love?" Sound cheesy? Hell yes. Is it? Hell NO. The premise is that Maya discovers her husband's chronic infidelities on the eve of their wedding. She decides not to leave him, but instead issues him with a condition - she is always present during his... interludes. Which of course leads to her participation. It might sound like another porno novel, but it is actually quite good. Stylishly written and quite broody so far, it touches on the concept of intimacy vs power/lessness and inevitably leads one to ponder such things as "does sexual surrender equal powerlessness, or is the power in the choice to surrender?" Maya is quite a dark wee thing, who has the ability (sometimes) to emotionally remove herself from the situation and look at it with remarkable clarity.
3 promises to lead me into a mystery involving a third character and a situation which "ultimately threatens Maya's life". So I'll keep you posted.
