Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity

Title: Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity Author: Daniel Mendelsohn ISBN: 9780375706974 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Published: 2000 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. C 1678357 Publisher Description: Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity. It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the "rich conflictedness of things," the double lives all of us lead. Daniel