{"product_id":"9780679776178","title":"Monogamy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative collection of meditations on coupledom and its discontents that is \"playful, brilliant ... profound ... keeps us faithful to the last page\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer)—\u003c\/i\u003efrom the witty psychoanalyst and author of \u003ci\u003eOn Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Phillips manages to unsettle one of our most dearly held ideals, that of the monogamous couple, by speculating upon the impulses that most threaten it—boredom, desire, and the tempting idea that erotic fulfillment might lie elsewhere. With 121 brilliant aphorisms, the witty, erudite psychoanalyst who gave us \u003ci\u003eOn Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored\u003c\/i\u003e distills the urgent questions and knotty paradoxes behind our mating impulse, and reveals the centrality of monogamy to our notions of marriage, family, the self—in fact, to everything that matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only truly monogamous relationship is the one we have with ourselves. \u003cbr\u003eEvery marriage is a blind date that makes you wonder what the alternatives are to a blind date. \u003cbr\u003eThere's nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage.","brand":"Adam Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48035525853396,"sku":"9780679776178","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_59c156ab-7d40-47f8-a3f8-e1d4a974d31b.jpg?v=1780355769","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780679776178","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}