Rameau’s Niece

In this delightful novel from an author who "has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy,"* we meet Margaret Nathan, the brilliant but forgetful author of The Anatomy of Madame de Montigny, an unlikely bestseller celebrated as much by feminists as by deconstuctionists. Happily married to a benevolently egotistical, slightly dull but sexy professor, Margaret seems blessed--until she finds herself seduced by an eighteenth-century novel she discovers in the library.

Wrapped in its lascivious world, Margaret begins to imitate its protagonist, embarking on a hilarious jaunt around Manhattan in search of renewed passion. Will she find fulfillment with a Belgian stereo equipment manufacturer? How about her hunky dentist? Or maybe she'll just have to settle for her husband. Part romantic comedy, part intellectual parody, Rameau's Niece is wise, affecting, and uproariously entertaining.

*The New York Review of Books