The Secret Language of Love

By Megan Tresidder

Book Overview

Excerpts from love poetry and literature illuminate the enigma of romance, heartbreak, and physical attraction, while superb full-color images capture every mood of love, from delicate eroticism to the full flood of passion. From the "floating world" of Japanese geishas to the turbulent obsessions of Romanticism, this lavish volume reveals the age-old paradigms of the heart that forever color our feelings, our desires, and our deepest imaginings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811814092
• ISBN13: 9780811814096
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

insightful, marvelous

"The Secret Language of Love" is a wonderfully thoughtful book which examines romantic love, the source of so much joy and pain, the complex, intense feeling that seizes each of us sooner or later. The illustrations, taken from many centuries and cultures, are marvelously expressive of the many moods of passionate love. Tresidder's essays are inspired, filled with insights that will provide you with "ah ha!" moments as you recognize yourself and others caught up in the intoxicating haze of love. Her book will educate you as well as bring you delight and celebration. "The Language of Love" deserves the highest recommendation. It will not disappoint.

Sensuous treat for the senses.

Like one-touch love Megan Tresidder leads from one delight to another to another with well chosen poem or excerpts and beautiful art. Emma Turpin's painting are incredible!