Eleven Karens

by Peter Lefcourt

Book Overview

Not since Flaubert's L'éducation sentimentale has a novel so vividly described man's helplessness in the face of woman. In this tale of sexual education, the narrator recounts his experiences with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684870347
• ISBN13: 9780684870342
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant, funny and profound

Eleven Karens has a brilliant structure for a memoir: a sexual life told through 11 encounters with women all named Karen. Beautifully told, funny as hell and deeply profound, 11K is a globe-trotting rollicking tale of fleeting love and wistful memories. If you love Lefcourt's other works, seek this out. If you never read him before, you cannot go wrong here. Tragicly, Simon and Schuster dumped this on the market with no publicity. But if you find it, you will treasure Eleven Karens.

Funny!

I really enjoyed this book. It took NO time to read and was very funny. Only 11 chapters long (one for each Karen) it will fly by!

Not perfect, but has it's strengths

Lefcourt is a fun writer. He is not really profound, but the 11 Karens is a sweet (at times) book. He remembers the women with a bit of nostalgia and warmth. The stories are funny and and sweet. I'm not sure what people are complaining about by calling this soft porn. Instead, it is a quirky, yet ultimately warm novel about a man, his loves, and his search for happiness.