The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity by Mendelsohn, Daniel - 2000

UsedAcceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2000. Paperback. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Vintage, 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Vintage, June 2000. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days.

Vintage, 2000-06-20. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Binding tight.Cover clean.Cover clean.Minor wear to page edges and corners. No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.Paperback.

New York: Vintage Books, 2000. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/4" x 8. Gall, John - Cover. 209 Pages. Tight book with no marks or stamps. Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity, a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the rich conflictedness of things, the double lives all of us lead. Daniel Mendelsohn recalls the deceptively quiet suburb where he grew up, torn between his mathematician father's pursuit of scientific truth and the exquisite lies spun by his Orthodox Jewish grandfather; the streets of Manhattan's newest gay ghetto, where desire for love competes with love of desire, and the quiet moonlit house where a close friend's small son teaches him the meaning of fatherhood. And, finally, in… Read More

Soft cover book. Very clean. Later printing. Pitures on request