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'''''Love Creeps''''' ([[2005 in literature|2005]]) is the third [[novel]] by [[United States of America|American]] writer [[Amanda Filipacchi]]. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. |
'''''Love Creeps''''' ([[2005 in literature|2005]]) is the third [[novel]] by [[United States of America|American]] writer [[Amanda Filipacchi]]. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction. |
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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. |
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Authors [[Bret Easton Ellis]], [[Tama Janowitz]], and [[Edmund White]] lauded it on its back cover, 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."<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/getting_saved_a.html|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> |
Authors [[Bret Easton Ellis]], [[Tama Janowitz]], and [[Edmund White]] lauded it on its back cover, 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."<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/getting_saved_a.html|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> |
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| 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 | ISBN 0-312-34032-X Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 57429819 |
| 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.
Authors Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, and Edmund White lauded it on its back cover, 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."[1]
Love Creeps was one of The Village Voice's top books of 2005.
Awards
France:
- Best Foreign Novel: Love Creeps by Amanda Filipacchi (Editions Denoël): Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres (2006)[2]
U.S.:
- Best book of prose: Love Creeps by Amanda Filipacchi (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award (Southern Illinois University)[3]
References
- ^ "DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ^ "Prix Litteraires (Literary Prizes)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ^ "Poets & Writers (Grants & Awards)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.