Le nouveau nom de l'amour

By Belinda Cannone

How to describe and understand modern relationships?

Belinda Cannone tracks the metamorphoses of love. From unions "for life" to love matches that emerged at the end of the eighteenth century, and to the twentieth-century revolutions that established desire as a requisite ingredient for a successful relationship.
These revolutions have their downsides: love, if it evolves, can last a lifetime whereas desire is more fleeting. So why stay in a relationship when the fire has gone out of it?
Renouncing "for life" is only possible if we acknowledge the nobility of desire. Viewed for too long as a sin, it is now valued, but not always for what it is. Other than in oppressive relationships, desire is a profoundly feminist question. It isn't simply a physical need or a reproductive necessity, but a crucial experience that fully engages both mind and body. It is intimately bound up with love, and is its new name.


Belinda Cannone is a novelist and essayist. She has had seven novels published (the latest, Nu int rieur, published by ditions de L'Olivier) and several essays, including L' criture du d sir (winner of the 2001 Acad mie fran aise essay prize), Le Sentiment d'imposture (winner of the 2005 Soci t des Gens de Lettres Grand Prix for an essay), La Tentation de P n lope (Stock, 2010) and S' merveiller (Stock, 2017).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 223408931X
• ISBN13: 9782234089310
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Stock
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"