{"product_id":"the-geometry-of-love-paperback","title":"The Geometry of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is it easier for a woman to be a muse than to have one? Can one be fully creative--in art or life--without the inspiration of erotic love? These are the questions asked in \u003ci\u003eThe Geometry of Love, \u003c\/i\u003e a novel set in New York in the 1980s, then fast-forwarding to Northern California 20 years later. Julia, an aspiring poet, is living with her British boyfriend Ben, a restrained professor at Princeton, when she has a chance meeting with Michael, a long-ago friend. A charismatic composer, Michael was once a catalyzing muse for her, but now returns as a destabilizing influence. Julia longs to become involved with Michael, but hesitates to give up the security of her relationship with Ben. When Michael signals he is too wounded to make a commitment, Julia turns her triangular situation into a square by setting him up with a cousin. In the process she discovers, as Pascal once said, that \"\"the heart has its reasons which reason does not know.\"\" This deeply psychological tale explores the surprising ways we make romantic choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Levine's fiction, essays, poetry, and poetry translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmarillo Bay, California Quarterly, The Cape Rock; decomP magazinE, Forge, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Poetry Northwest, North American Review, RiverSedge, The Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Poetry Review, Willow Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.; She earned her Ph.D. in English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDelicate Pursuit: Literary Discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2002) and has translated three books from French and Italian into English. You can visit her at www.jessicalevine.com, where you will find links to some of her shorter works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.51 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580991762739,"sku":"9781938314629","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/D58MfMPaxt9781938314629.webp?v=1761540751","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-geometry-of-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}