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Rameau's Niece

Cathleen Schine

In this delightful novel from an author who "has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy,"* we meet Margaret Nathan, the brilliant but forgetful author of an unlikely bestseller. Happily married to a benevolently egotistical, slightly dull but sexy professor, Margaret seems blessed--until she finds herself seduced by an eighteenthcentury novel she discovers in the library. Rameau's Niece is wise, affecting, and thoroughly entertaining.

Wrapped in its lascivious world, Margaret begins to imitate its protagonist, embarking on a hilarious jaunt around Manhattan in search of renewed passion. Will she find fulfillment through her escapades or settle for her husband? Part romantic comedy, part intellectual parody, Rameau's Niece is wise, affecting, and thoroughly entertaining.

* New York Review of Books

Book Details

  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 14th, 2011
  • Pages: 304
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.11in - 5.28in - 0.74in - 0.62lb
  • EAN: 9780547521886
  • Categories: Romance - Romantic ComedyHumorous - GeneralLiterary

About the Author

Schine, Cathleen: - CATHLEEN SCHINE is the author of many novels, including The Three Weissmanns of Westport, andthe internationally best-selling The Love Letter and Alice in Bed, To the Bird House, She Is Me, and The New Yorkers.