Description
This psychological thriller shows both the hypnotic appeal and the deadly danger of psychopathic seduction. This novel traces the downfall of a married woman, Ana. Feeling trapped in a lackluster marriage, she has a torrid affair with Michael, a man who seems to be her soul mate and her dream come true. Having already tired of his fiancee, Karen-in spite of the fact she does everything possible to please him and keep him in her life-the seducer moves on to his next prey. Although initially torn between love for her family and her passion for Michael, Ana eventually relents to her lover's pressure. That's when Michael's "mask of sanity" unpeels to reveal the monstrously selfish psychopath underneath. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, The Seducer shows that true love can be found in our ordinary lives rather than in flimsy fantasies masquerading as great passions.
Moscovici's new psychological thriller, The Seducer, reminds us of classics like Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, but with a contemporary twist. The new seducer is a psychopath, a dangerous predator without genuine emotion... The narrative is bold, vivid, and lucid.--Edward K. Kaplan, professor in the humanities at Brandeis University The Seducer probes the chilling depths of alienation and selfishness as the heroine, Ana, is caught in the spider's web of her narcissistic lover, Michael... A powerful novel about an unfortunate reality many women face.--Carmen Firan, author of Words and Flesh Like the best, most delicious novels, Claudia Moscovici's psychological thriller, The Seducer, grips you in its opening pages and holds you in its addictive clutches straight through to its dramatic, remarkable conclusion. This is a fascinating novel, on every page of which Moscovici's intimate understanding of the psychology of psychopaths and their victims gleams with a laser's concentrated brilliance.-- Steve Becker, MSW, LCSW, LoveFraud.com feature columnist, expert on narcissism and psychopathy In her exciting second novel, The Seducer, Claudia Moscovici depicts with talent and psychological accuracy the spellbinding power of these charming yet dangerous Don Juans.--D. R. Popa, author of Lady V and Other Stories
About the Author
Claudia Moscovici is a Romanian-American fiction writer and art/literary critic. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Velvet Totalitarianism (2009), as well as Dangerous Liaisons (2011), a nonfiction book on psychopathic social predators. She has also written several scholarly books on Romantic art and literature, including Romanticism and Postromanticism (2007).
Reviews
Moscovici's new psychological thriller, The Seducer, reminds us of classics like Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, but with a contemporary twist. The new seducer is a psychopath, a dangerous predator without genuine emotion. . . . The narrative is bold, vivid, and lucid. -- Edward K. Kaplan, professor in the Humanities at Brandeis University
The Seducer probes the chilling depths of alienation and selfishness as the heroine, Ana, is caught in the spider's web of her narcissistic lover, Michael. . . . A powerful novel about an unfortunate reality many women face. -- Carmen Firan, author of Words and Flesh
Like the best, most delicious novels, Claudia Moscovici's psychological thriller, The Seducer, grips you in its opening pages and holds you in its addictive clutches straight through to its dramatic, remarkable conclusion. This is a fascinating novel, on every page of which Moscovici's intimate understanding of the psychology of psychopaths and their victims gleams with a laser's concentrated brilliance. -- Steve Becker, MSW, LCSW, LoveFraud.com feature columnist, expert on psychopathy and narcissism
In her exciting second novel, The Seducer, Claudia Moscovici depicts with talent and psychological accuracy the spellbinding power of these charming yet dangerous Don Juans. -- D. R. Popa, author of Lady V and Other Stories
Book Information
ISBN 9780761858072
Author Claudia Moscovici
Format Paperback
Page Count 276
Imprint Hamilton Books
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 422g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 156mm * 20mm
Moscovici's new psychological thriller, The Seducer, reminds us of classics like Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, but with a contemporary twist. The new seducer is a psychopath, a dangerous predator without genuine emotion... The narrative is bold, vivid, and lucid.--Edward K. Kaplan, professor in the humanities at Brandeis University The Seducer probes the chilling depths of alienation and selfishness as the heroine, Ana, is caught in the spider's web of her narcissistic lover, Michael... A powerful novel about an unfortunate reality many women face.--Carmen Firan, author of Words and Flesh Like the best, most delicious novels, Claudia Moscovici's psychological thriller, The Seducer, grips you in its opening pages and holds you in its addictive clutches straight through to its dramatic, remarkable conclusion. This is a fascinating novel, on every page of which Moscovici's intimate understanding of the psychology of psychopaths and their victims gleams with a laser's concentrated brilliance.-- Steve Becker, MSW, LCSW, LoveFraud.com feature columnist, expert on narcissism and psychopathy In her exciting second novel, The Seducer, Claudia Moscovici depicts with talent and psychological accuracy the spellbinding power of these charming yet dangerous Don Juans.--D. R. Popa, author of Lady V and Other Stories
About the Author
Claudia Moscovici is a Romanian-American fiction writer and art/literary critic. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Velvet Totalitarianism (2009), as well as Dangerous Liaisons (2011), a nonfiction book on psychopathic social predators. She has also written several scholarly books on Romantic art and literature, including Romanticism and Postromanticism (2007).
Reviews
Moscovici's new psychological thriller, The Seducer, reminds us of classics like Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, but with a contemporary twist. The new seducer is a psychopath, a dangerous predator without genuine emotion. . . . The narrative is bold, vivid, and lucid. -- Edward K. Kaplan, professor in the Humanities at Brandeis University
The Seducer probes the chilling depths of alienation and selfishness as the heroine, Ana, is caught in the spider's web of her narcissistic lover, Michael. . . . A powerful novel about an unfortunate reality many women face. -- Carmen Firan, author of Words and Flesh
Like the best, most delicious novels, Claudia Moscovici's psychological thriller, The Seducer, grips you in its opening pages and holds you in its addictive clutches straight through to its dramatic, remarkable conclusion. This is a fascinating novel, on every page of which Moscovici's intimate understanding of the psychology of psychopaths and their victims gleams with a laser's concentrated brilliance. -- Steve Becker, MSW, LCSW, LoveFraud.com feature columnist, expert on psychopathy and narcissism
In her exciting second novel, The Seducer, Claudia Moscovici depicts with talent and psychological accuracy the spellbinding power of these charming yet dangerous Don Juans. -- D. R. Popa, author of Lady V and Other Stories
Book Information
ISBN 9780761858072
Author Claudia Moscovici
Format Paperback
Page Count 276
Imprint Hamilton Books
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 422g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 156mm * 20mm
