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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

其他書名	Love Quarrels from Anton Chekhov to ZZ Packer
出版	Penguin, 2009
主題	Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors)Fiction / ClassicsFiction / Romance / Collections & AnthologiesFiction / Short Stories (single author)Literary Collections / General
ISBN	01411902219780141190228
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6GYrAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Love means never having to say you're sorry. No, love is in the air. No, love is the sweetest thing. No, it's soft as an easy chair. No, it's a stranger in an open car. No, it's a many-splendoured thing. No, it's the drug. No, it's like a butterfly.Oh, let's call the whole thing off.Love stories don't always involve hearts and flowers and walks in the park. This sparkling collection of the world's greatest love quarrels, from Chekhov to Colette, from D. H. Lawrence to Jhumpa Lahiri, features love stories for every mood and occasion. Here are new lovers testing the ground, cosy couples enjoying a quiet squabble before bedtime, and exes intent on picking up where they left off.Often love quarrels start with trivial matters, such as a bride's new hat in Dorothy Parker's €~Here We Are' or a choice of bedtime book in Jackie Kay's €~You Go When You Can No Longer Stay'. But it doesn't usually take long for the stakes to be raised. Love is a risky business €¦