Susan Minot

Major Issues
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Major Issues

Love-at-first-sight, passion, sex, desire, intimacy, heartache: Susan Minot’s fiction maps the terrain of contemporary romance. The author and her critics note her exploration of the differences between male and female desire, and between men’s and women’s views of relationships. Minot’s minimalist style has been described as spare and economical. Family dynamics, especially parent-child relationships, and the function and nature of memory and time have also been identified as prominent themes in Minot’s writing.

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Susan Minot
This page contains a short biography, an article on love in Minot’s work, and an interview.

Interview
Bold Type interview in which Minot comments on families, memories, dying, and love at first sight.


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