The Mind-Body ProblemThe hilarious underground bestseller about one woman’s pursuit of carnal pleasure—and the philosophy that gets in the way. When Renee Feuer goes to college, one of the first lessons she tries to learn is how to liberate herself from the restrictions of her Orthodox Jewish background. As she discovers the pleasures of the body, Renee also learns about the excitements of the mind. She enrolls as a philosophy graduate student, then marries Noam Himmel, the world-renowned mathematician. But Renee discovers that being married to a genius is a less elevating experience than expected, and that the allure of sex still beckons. Her quest for a solution to the conflicting demands of sensuality and spirit is a touching and always humorous adventure. “Terrific. . . . The first fifty or so pages are so clever and funny that I had to put the book down and go to the fridge to cool off.”—The New York Times Book Review “A terrific first novel . . . Goldenstein is intelligent and perceptive, bawdy and witty—an articulate writer of great talent.”—The Los Angeles Times Book Review |
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Page 221
... Korper , on leave for the year from Cornell . She had long admired his work , but found him even more impressive in person . " I suppose he's not really a great physicist . He hasn't done any- thing revolutionary , he isn't ever going ...
... Korper , on leave for the year from Cornell . She had long admired his work , but found him even more impressive in person . " I suppose he's not really a great physicist . He hasn't done any- thing revolutionary , he isn't ever going ...
Page 222
... Korper's was a face in which one could still easily make out the boy once there . During the years that ought to have squinted the eyes , sagged the jowls , thickened the lips with desire or thinned them with frustration , the features ...
... Korper's was a face in which one could still easily make out the boy once there . During the years that ought to have squinted the eyes , sagged the jowls , thickened the lips with desire or thinned them with frustration , the features ...
Page 241
... Korper , about whom I wasn't sure how she felt . I went over that evening . We sat on her couch and listened to the Zuckerman recording of the Tchaikovsky violin con- certo . " Ava , Daniel Korper and I are lovers . " " When ? " Her ...
... Korper , about whom I wasn't sure how she felt . I went over that evening . We sat on her couch and listened to the Zuckerman recording of the Tchaikovsky violin con- certo . " Ava , Daniel Korper and I are lovers . " " When ? " Her ...
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