Love Creeps
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| Author | Amanda Filipacchi |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 289pp |
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| OCLC | 57429819 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3556.I428 L685 2005 |
| Preceded by | Vapor |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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."[3]
Writing for the Boston Globe, Diane White compared Filipacchi's style to that of Muriel Spark and described Love Creeps as "extraordinarily funny".[1]
Awards
U.S.:
- Best book of prose: Love Creeps (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award (Southern Illinois University)[4]Love Creeps was one of The Village Voices top 25 books of 2005.[5]
France:
- Best Foreign Novel: Love Creeps (Editions Denoël): Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres (2006)[6]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.White, Diane (June 12, 2005). "Exploring the slippery nature of desire". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Love Creeps".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Devil's Kitchen Award Winners". Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prix Litteraires (Literary Prizes)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
External links
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