Love (Carter novel)

Love is a 1971 novel by Angela Carter. Her fifth novel, it follows the destructive love triangle between a psychologically unstable woman, her charming husband, and her volatile brother-in-law. Effectively exploring themes of infidelity, self-loathing, suicide, and emotional disconnection, the novel depicts three characters so alienated from society and reality, that they depend solely on each other. This unhealthy fixation slowly eats away at their individual relationships and themselves, until eventually culminating in despair and tragedy.[1]

For the 2003 novel by Toni Morrison, see Love (Morrison novel). For the 2020 novel by Roddy Doyle, see Love (Doyle novel).

Love
First edition
AuthorAngela Carter
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRupert Hart-Davis
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages124
ISBN0-246-64036-7

Carter's novels Shadow Dance (1966), Several Perceptions (1968) and Love are sometimes referred to as the "Bristol Trilogy".[2]

References
  1. Carter, Angela (1971) Love. London. Virago.
  2. Cavallaro, Dani (2011). Angela Carter: A Critical Investigation. Jefferson NC: McFarland. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-7864-6128-8.


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