Mating by Norman Rush
"Mating" is a novel that follows the story of a female anthropologist who is doing her fieldwork in Botswana. She falls in love with an eccentric and charismatic intellectual who has created a utopian matriarchal village in the Kalahari desert. The narrative explores themes of love, feminism, and idealism as it delves into the complexities of human relationships and societal structures.
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- Published
- 1991
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 480-496
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- None
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- 30th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 4106th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Fiction Edition (New York Times)
- National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
- NY Times Editors Choice 1990-1999 (NY Times)
- The 100 Novels That Have Most Enthralled "Le Monde" Since 1944 (Le Monde)
- The Great American Novels (The Atlantic)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))
- What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)