From Booklist
Here's a surprise: the U.S., which in the past 30 years has grown more open-minded about some sexual issues (such as homosexuality and premarital intercourse), has at the same time grown substantially stricter when it comes to extramarital affairs. Americans are vehemently against adultery, ranking it just a bit below polygamy and human cloning on the list of major no-nos. But in many other countries adultery is not such a big deal--often it's accepted if not formally condoned. In her quest to find out what it is about extramarital sex that provokes such widely differing reactions, the author visited 10 countries, including the U.S., Russia, Japan, and France, and spoke with adulterers, cuckolded spouses, sexologists, marriage counselors, and other interested parties. Interestingly, there seems to be no generally accepted view of adultery. Is it a sin, or a harmless pastime? It depends on whom you speak to, and where you speak to them. This engagingly written, intellectually provocative book is sure to be hotly debated by special-interest groups and individuals who think they know what's best for everybody else. David Pitt
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Pressestimmen
"[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description....[This] thoughtful and myth-busting study of infidelity deserves to be widely translated and read."
-The Economist
"A witty, engaging exploration of comparative infidelity. . . . Undeniably alluring."
-The New York Observer
"Colorfully told. . . . Entertaining."
-The New York Times
"[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description."
-The Economist
-The Economist
"A witty, engaging exploration of comparative infidelity. . . . Undeniably alluring."
-The New York Observer
"Colorfully told. . . . Entertaining."
-The New York Times
"[Druckerman's] finely calibrated moral compass is matched by a reporter's knack for deft, understated description."
-The Economist
Kurzbeschreibung
Compared to the citizens of just about every other nation, Americans are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and suffer the most in their aftermath and Pamela Druckerman has the facts to prove it. The journalist's surprising findings include:
? Russian spouses don't count beach resort flings as infidelity
? South Africans consider drunkenness an adequate excuse for extramarital sex
? Japanese businessmen believe, "If you pay, it's not cheating."
Voyeuristic and packed with eyebrow-raising statistics and interviews, Lust in Translation is her funny and fact-filled world tour of infidelity that will give new meaning to the phrase "practicing monogamy."
? Russian spouses don't count beach resort flings as infidelity
? South Africans consider drunkenness an adequate excuse for extramarital sex
? Japanese businessmen believe, "If you pay, it's not cheating."
Voyeuristic and packed with eyebrow-raising statistics and interviews, Lust in Translation is her funny and fact-filled world tour of infidelity that will give new meaning to the phrase "practicing monogamy."
