The Habit of Loving
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The Habit of Loving - bk501; Panther Books; Doris Lessing (Literatur-Nobelpreisträgerin 2007); pocket_book; 1981
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Lessing was the rare woman among Britain’s pack of Angry Young Men in the late Fifties and early Sixties, and, among her primary targets, was Hollywood’s sometimes thin, hyper-sentimental, maudlin version of love.
The centerpiece of this collection is the gut-punching title story, all about an aging theater actor who tries and fails to rekindle an old flame and then ends up with a brash actress half his age.
His new lady’s view of romance is contemporary—which is to say, ice cold. After sleeping with him, she says, “You know what, George? You’ve just got into the habit of loving.…
From Daniel's list on the dark side of show biz.
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