You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage Contemporaries)

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Jonathan Lethem: You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback, 2008, Vintage)

Paperback, 240 pages

English language

Published April 8, 2008 by Vintage.

ISBN:
978-1-4000-7682-6
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OCLC Number:
166358704

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From the incomparable Jonathan Lethem, a raucous romantic farce that explores the paradoxes of love and art Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting--and fall desperately in love.Consumed by passion, Lucinda manages only to tear herself away from the Complainer to practice with the alternative band in which she plays bass. The lead singer of the band is Matthew, a confused young man who works at the zoo and has kidnapped a kangaroo to save it from ennui. Denise, the drummer, works at No Shame, a masturbation boutique. The band's talented lyricist, Bedwin, conflicted about …

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Subjects

  • Literary
  • Fiction / Literary
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General