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What the Body Requires (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781727173369)
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x"What the Body Requires is to the mind what chocolate is to the tongue-rich and decadent." -Carolyn Szczepanski, The Pitch
A handsome Italian wants nothing more than to escape his ill-suited life as a policemen in a gloomy Florence suburb. A beautiful American artist travels to Italy to kill her philandering husband-a Chilean violinist who bears an uncanny resemblance to the policeman. When their paths cross, the result is a sexy, lush devilment spun with suspense. What the Body Requires erupts with music, art, and a cast of unforgettable characters-a whip-smart erotic novel that pulls back the curtain on the real perils of obsessive desire.
MORE PRAISE "Highly ambitious and of the deepest seriousness... with an evocative prose and an exotic, vividly imagined landscape. The consistency with which the writing invests everyday actions and objects with an almost erotic fervor is truly extraordinary." -R. M. Berry, author of Leonardo's Horse
"This book is highly sexual, but never clich d. Di Blasi just kills it." -Melanie Page, The Next Best Book Blog
"Throughout the novel, Di Blasi plays with contrasts: the thin lines separating life and death, shadow and light, love and hate.... The rhythm and texture are erotic in ways very removed from the usual paperback romance. Her entrancing descriptions are both tactile and cerebral." -Carolyn Szczepanski, The Pitch
"This one gets a Thumbs-Up again. Of course, it's Di Blasi " -Nathan "N. R." Gaddis, Goodreads Librarian
Author: Debra Di Blasi
ISBN-10: 1727173368
ISBN-13: 9781727173369
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.55d
By Debra Di Blasi
xIn clear, resonant prose, laced with bittersweet humor, Di Blasi imparts her understanding of love's multiple ironies. -The New York Times Book Review "Di Blasi has a mind unlike anyone else writing fiction today." -Kevin Prufer, editor, Pleiades "Both Di Blasi's style and her objective distance and comprehension of her chosen subject mark her as a very psychologically driven, very talented writer." -Publishers Weekly Debra Di Blasi is founding publisher of Jaded Ibis Productions and its imprint Jaded Ibis Press. Her books include The Jiri Chronicles & Other Fictions (FC2/University of Alabama), Prayers of an Accidental Nature (Coffee House), Drought & Say What You Like (New Directions). Awards include the James C. McCormick Fellowship in Fiction from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, Thorpe Menn Book Award, and Diagram Innovative Fiction Award. The short film based on Drought won a host of national and international awards, and was one of only six U.S. films invited to the Universe Elle section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Debra's innovative fiction appears in prominent anthologies, and her essays, art reviews and articles have been published in a variety of international, national and regional publications. She taught creative writing for many years and now lectures on the intersection of technology and narrative.
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