From Junot Daz Lynda Barry Gary Shteyngart and Kate Christensen to popular up and comers like Dan Kennedy Wendy McClure and Brock Clarke Love Is a Four Letter Word is a dead on contemporary collection of true stories of seduction heartbreak and regret Fearlessly revealing their shattered hearts and crushed egos; their indiscretions and indignities; their delusions desperation and disappointments these talented writers capture the dark side of love in prose ranging from comic to poetic poignant to cringe inducing Also featuring three cartoon graphic essays as a sixteen page color insert this anthology is perfect for anyone who's ever loved and lost
- ebook
- 320 pages
- Love Is a Four Letter Word
- Michael Taeckens
- English
- 17 February 2014 Michael Taeckens
- 9781101103098
Particularly liked the comic strips and the pieces by Junot Diaz and Jami Attenberg but fairly rough reading
Brilliant
I read Love is a Four Letter Word out of nostalgia rather than actual interest in the stories This is a collection of broken heartrelationship stories both heterosexual and homosexual which are sometimes disturbing funny and heartbreaking If you're feeling bad about your relationships read some of these stories and I guarantee you'll feel good about even the worst choices
I picked this up thinking it would be comforting to read about other people's misfortune in love It wasn't It was depressing And disgusting And kind of creepy The only reason why I stuck with it is because they were short stories so I only had to suffer in small doses Very ready to move on to something uplifting And sane
There's nothing better than living vicariously and this book is just stuffed with life
What a great book for those times you can only read in small doses Read it for the Junot Diaz essay alone Of course do not expect any Jane Austen happy endings
a few stories stood out but overall it was pretty lackluster and disappointing bonus points for including gay and trans content though
Since it's an anthology of 'break ups and bad relationships' there aren't any happy stories in here Still most of the stories were interesting but certainly not all Rather a uick read at least
An uneven collection but with a great representation of authors
Hilarious anthology Well curated