{"product_id":"monogamy-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADAM PHILLIPS is the author of \u003ci\u003eWinnicott; On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; On Flirtation;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTerror and Experts. \u003c\/i\u003e Formerly the principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, he lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412796412178,"sku":"9780679776178","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6bf20238-abb3-4472-86bb-d9a3029a3e80.jpg?v=1729328677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monogamy-9780679776178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}