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From "among our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune), this is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people.The Feast of Love is simply that -- a luxurious work of fiction concerning the point that most distracts and delights people. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women talk about and desire their ideal mates; parents look for their lost children; adult children attempt to arrived at terms using their own parents and, in some instances, find new ones.In vignettes both comic and sexy, who owns a cafe recalls your day his first wife appeared to accomplish a minute of simple perfection, while she remembers the women's softball game where she was affected by the wonder of the shortstop. Hours are spent by a young couple in the cafe pushing the thought of their intense love. A teacher of philosophy, stopping by for a walk, makes a valiant make an effort to reveal what he understands to function as the mysterious workings of the human heart Their comments resonate with one another -- disparate people registered by the meanderings of love -- and get together in a tapestry that represents the absolute most amazing industry of existence.