Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian

Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian

This tour de force is a campus novel, a love story, a coming-of-age narrative, a satire, a performance piece, an M.F.A. expos , a trove of literary references and a primer on writing. -The New York Times Book Review

When two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate student's searing thesis project.

Simone is the star of Edwards University's creative writing department: renowned Woolf scholar, grief memoirist, and campus sex icon. Her less glamorous and ostensibly devoted husband, Ethan, is a forgotten novelist and lecturer in the same department. According to Simone and Ethan, and everyone on campus, their marriage is perfect. That is, until Ethan sleeps with the department administrative assistant, Abigail, and the couple's faith in their flawless relationship is rattled.

Simone, meanwhile, has secrets of her own. While Ethan's away for the summer, she grows inordinately close with her advisee, graduate student Roberta Robbie Green. In Robbie, Simone finds a new running partner, confidante, and disciple--or so she believes. Behind Simone's back, Robbie fictionalizes her mentor's marriage in a breathtakingly invasive MFA thesis. Determined to tell her version of the story, Robbie paints a revealing portrait of Simone, Ethan, Abigail, and even herself, scratching at the very surface of what may--or may not--be the truth.

Simultaneously provocative and tender, Seduction Theory exposes the intoxicating nature of power and attraction, and is a masterful demonstration of how love and betrayal can coexist.

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Emily Adrian is the author of two critically acclaimed young adult novels, Like It Never Happened and The Foreseeable Future, and two adult novels, Everything Here Is under Control and The Second Season. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband, her son, and their dog, Hank.

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ISBN 13	9780316584517
ISBN 10	0316584517
Title	Seduction Theory
Author	Emily Adrian
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little Brown and Company
Year published	2025-08-12
Number of pages	224
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