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| | name = Love Creeps | | name = Love Creeps | ||
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| | media_type = Print (] & ]) | | media_type = Print (] & ]) | ||
| | pages = 289pp | | pages = 289pp | ||
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| isbn = 0-312-34032-X | ||
| | dewey= 813/.54 22 | | dewey = 813/.54 22 | ||
| | congress= PS3556.I428 L685 2005 | | congress = PS3556.I428 L685 2005 | ||
| | oclc= 57429819 | | oclc = 57429819 | ||
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| '''''Love Creeps''''' (]) is the third ] by ] writer ]. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. | '''''Love Creeps''''' (]) is the third ] by ] writer ]. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction.<ref name="DianeWhite2005">{{cite news|last=White|first=Diane|title=Exploring the slippery nature of desire|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/06/12/exploring_the_slippery_nature_of_desire/|accessdate=April 28, 2013|newspaper=]|date=June 12, 2005}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | ==Plot summary== | ||
| Very well received critically in the U.S. and abroad, ''Love Creeps'' was praised for its humor and insights into human psychology. It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction, framed within a cynical, postmodern urban context. | |||
| ''Love Creeps'' is about a woman who has lost her desire - so she decides to emulate her stalker, and become a stalker herself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/307579.Love_Creeps|title = Love Creeps}}</ref> | |||
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| == Critical reception == | |||
| ''Love Creeps'' was one of '']'''s top books of 2005. | |||
| ⚫ | Authors ], ], and ] provided blurbs, and film director ] said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read."<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/getting_saved_a.html|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> | ||
| Writing for the ], Diane White compared Filipacchi's style to that of Muriel Spark and described Love Creeps as "extraordinarily funny".<ref name="DianeWhite2005"/> | |||
| ⚫ | ==Plot summary== | ||
| ''Love Creeps'' is about a triangle of stalkers composed of two men and a woman. They stalk each other obsessively, and then the stalking order changes, illustrating the changeability of an individual's attraction to another, as well as that individual's attractiveness to others. | |||
| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| ⚫ | U.S.: | ||
| *Best book of prose: ''Love Creeps'' (St. Martin's Press): 2006 ] (])<ref>{{cite web|title=Devil's Kitchen Award Winners|url=http://grassroots.siu.edu/dkawardwinners.html|publisher=|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>''Love Creeps'' was one of '']''s top 25 books of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0550,vls,70946,10.html |title=''Love Creeps'' listed in The Village Voice's top 25 books of the year |accessdate=April 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829202759/http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0550%2Cvls%2C70946%2C10.html |archivedate=August 29, 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| France: | France: | ||
| *Best Foreign Novel: ''Love Creeps'' |
*Best Foreign Novel: ''Love Creeps'' (Editions Denoël): ''Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=''Prix Litteraires'' (Literary Prizes)|url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/detail_prix_annee.php?annee=2006|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | U.S.: | ||
| *Best book of prose: ''Love Creeps'' by Amanda Filipacchi (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award (])<ref>{{cite web|title=Poets & Writers (Grants & Awards)|url=http://www.pw.org/mag/0701/recentwinners.htm|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reviews== | |||
| "Inventive... hilarious ... style is reminiscent in certain ways of Muriel Spark. It's brisk, witty, knowing, mischievous... ''Love Creeps'' is a rare treat. It's intelligent, and perceptive about the slippery nature of desire. And it's extraordinarily funny."—'''The Boston Globe''' | |||
| "Humorous and sharp... incredibly insightful... Brilliant."—'''Booklist''' (Starred review) | |||
| "A penetrating work of psychological fiction."—'''Kirkus Reviews''' | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 6 June 2024
2005 novel by Amanda Filipacchi | |
| Author | Amanda Filipacchi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 289pp |
| ISBN | 0-312-34032-X |
| OCLC | 57429819 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 22 |
| LC Class | PS3556.I428 L685 2005 |
| Preceded by | Vapor |
Love Creeps (2005) is the third novel by American writer Amanda Filipacchi. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction.
Plot summary
Love Creeps is about a woman who has lost her desire - so she decides to emulate her stalker, and become a stalker herself.
Critical reception
Authors Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, and Edmund White provided blurbs, and film director Brian Dannelly said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read."
Writing for the Boston Globe, Diane White compared Filipacchi's style to that of Muriel Spark and described Love Creeps as "extraordinarily funny".
Awards
U.S.:
- Best book of prose: Love Creeps (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award (Southern Illinois University)Love Creeps was one of The Village Voices top 25 books of 2005.
France:
- Best Foreign Novel: Love Creeps (Editions Denoël): Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres (2006)
References
- ^ White, Diane (June 12, 2005). "Exploring the slippery nature of desire". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- "Love Creeps".
- "DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- "Devil's Kitchen Award Winners". Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- "Love Creeps listed in The Village Voice's top 25 books of the year". Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- "Prix Litteraires (Literary Prizes)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
External links
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