From the jacket flap
In this sparkling, provocative collection of meditations on coupledom and its discontents, Adam Phillips manages to unsettle one of our most dearly held ideals, that of the monogamous couple, by speculating upon the impulses that most threaten it--boredom, desire, and the tempting idea that erotic fulfillment might lie elsewhere. With 121 brilliant aphorisms, the witty, erudite psychoanalyst who gave us On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored distills the urgent questions and knotty paradoxes behind our mating impulse, and reveals the centrality of monogamy to our notions of marriage, family, the self--in fact, to everything that matters.
The only truly monogamous relationship is the one we have with ourselves.
Every marriage is a blind date that makes you wonder what the alternatives are to a blind date.
There's nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage.
Details
- Title Monogamy
- Author Adam Phillips
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Good Condition
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date March 30, 1999
- ISBN 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.46 x 0.39 in (22.35 x 13.87 x 0.99 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Marriage, Adultery
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.81
Excerpt
Media reviews
More Copies for Sale
Monogamy
by Phillips, Adam
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
A$7.58A$6.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Adam Phillips
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- USED Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
A$10.63A$7.58 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Adam Phillips
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- USED Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
A$10.63A$7.58 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Adam Phillips
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
A$11.69FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Phillips, Adam
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 796
- Seller
-
Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
A$15.93A$6.06 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Phillips, Adam
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 796
- Seller
-
Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
A$16.59A$6.06 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Phillips, Adam
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
A$18.26FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Phillips, Adam
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
A$19.72A$7.58 shipping to USA
Show Details
Monogamy
by Adam Phillips
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
A$26.66A$19.42 shipping to USA
Show Details
MONOGAMY
by PHILLIPS,A
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780679776178 / 0679776176
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
NEW YORK, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
A$22.77A$6.82 shipping to USA