''Love Creeps'' (

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) is the third

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writer

Amanda Filipacchi Amanda Filipacchi (; born October 10, 1967) is an American novelist. She was born in Paris and educated in both in France and in the U.S. She is the author of four novels, ''Nude Men'' (1993), ''Vapor (novel), Vapor'' (1999), ''Love Creeps'' (20 ...

. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction.

Plot summary

''Love Creeps'' is about a woman who has lost her desire - so she decides to emulate her stalker, and become a stalker herself.

Critical reception

Authors

Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a w ...

Tama Janowitz Tama Janowitz (born April 12, 1956) is an American novelist and a short story writer. She is often referenced as one of the main "brat pack" authors, along with Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney. Life Her parents, psychiatrist Julian Janowi ...

, and

Edmund White Edmund Valentine White III (born 1940) is an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and an essayist on literary and social topics. Since 1999 he has been a professor at Princeton University. France made him (and later ) de l'Ordr ...

provided blurbs, and film director

Brian Dannelly Brian Dannelly is a German born American film director and screenwriter best known for his work on the 2004 film ''Saved!'' Early life Dannelly was born in Würzburg, Germany before moving with his family to Baltimore, Maryland aged eleven. He w ...

said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read." Writing for the

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

, Diane White compared Filipacchi's style to that of Muriel Spark and described Love Creeps as "extraordinarily funny".

Awards

U.S.: *Best book of prose: ''Love Creeps'' (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award ( Southern Illinois University)''Love Creeps'' was one of ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the crea ...

''s top 25 books of 2005. France: *Best Foreign Novel: ''Love Creeps'' (Editions Denoël): ''Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres'' (2006)

References

External links

Amanda Filipacchi: Official website
Novels by Amanda Filipacchi 2005 American novels Absurdist fiction American satirical novels Novels set in New York City St. Martin's Press books {{2000s-satirical-novel-stub