Men

by Margaret Diehl and Diehl

Book Overview

Beautiful, talented Stella James explores the heady power of her own sexuality by seeking out anonymous sexual encounters. Though the men may long to see her again, by dawn Stella is always gone. She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671682326
• ISBN13: 9780671682323
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The Evolution of Passion

Stella James's knowledge of passion began when she was old enough to notice her parents--youthful, exuberant, and endlessly lusting. That this beautiful pair left her for their own realm, at the tender age of six, to be raised by an eccentric, intellectual grandmother was the beginning of an odyssey that by age 16 brought her to her first lover--a homosexual whom she was too naive to recognize. The humiliation she felt at this betrayal lurked inside her as she sought out men for one-night stands--evenings of which she was in control and through which she delighted in pure sexual pleasure with no strings. Eventually, to her surprise, she met a man and fell in love. The complicated relationships of her past continued to haunt her but real love finally brought the realization that she had found what she had always searched for. Another very sensual aspect of the story is Stella's ability to cook--her love affair with the abundance of fruits, vegetables, and meats offered a creative and senusous extension of her passion. That she becomes a chef is an elemental part of her character--making something delicious to eat is part love, part creation, part sharing. Overall, we find a story of eroticisn and passison tempered by the universal search for real love and tenderness--the caring that comes from deeply felt knowledge of someone as well as the realization that no one can escape their heritage but rather must emerge from and with it.

"Men" to the max!

Before I read Margaret Dielh's "Men" I had picked up a copy of her autobiographical, "The Boy on the Green Bicycle." Memoirs usually leave me lukewarm, but Diehl's Boy...was a great prelude to her novel "Men." The woman can write! She is not afraid to tackle head on the usually squeamish subjects of sex and death; pleasure and pain; growth and loss, and it's all written with a searing intelligence and literary sensibility that reads like a page-turner. Diehl should be tied to her keyboard and not allowed out until she completes another novel, or book of non-fiction. A wonderful find in a world of hyped up dreck. ("Men" was made into a movie but the book is better!).

Looking for Mr. Goodbar meets Ms. 80's

I purchased this book in 1990 and was enthralled with it. Stella is her own woman and one we can identify with. She is strong and capable and makes us want to be like her, but in our own way. I recently re-read my copy and was satisfied with it once again - Margaret Diehl is an excellent writer and should write more for her hungry audience. ("Men's" title character, Stella James is quite the cook)!