- Paperback: 132 pages
- Publisher: PublishAmerica (October 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1413702767
- ISBN-13: 978-1413702767
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.1 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 186 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,997,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Karl is a rich young man with ambition and a desire for romantic and erotic adventure. He falls for Bertha, but is it true and lasting love or just a passing infatuation? Can the weight of Bertha’s love tip the scales in her favor, or will she plot revenge? Love and madness reign in this unusual tale of sexual lust, greed, mental illness, and personal destruction set in turn-of-the-century Sweden and loosely based on a true story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Love and Madness (Paperback)
Much like The Stranger by Camus, this book depicts a time, place, and philosphy that modern man would do well to consider.It's early in the 20th century as Love and Madness begins. The location is Goteborg Sweden. Karl Lind is an intelligent, idealistic young man with a strong work ethic. Despite his life of wealth and privilege, he has no desire to be counted among the idle rich. Karl loves his job working for his father's newspaper, and accepts with humor his family's urging to live a rich man's life. Lively discussions of philosophical beliefs and religious mores are common around the dinner table and Karl participates with relish. The chance meeting of a hedonistic girl with atheistic leanings casts a pall on Karl's life. The first rush of sexual excitement is soon replaced by boredom and dislike for Bertha and her ways. By then she's pregnant and he's forced by moral beliefs into a marriage he cannot stomach. It's downhlll all the way from there. When Bertha establishes a lesbian attachment to her friend Christine, not even Karl's devotion to his son is enough to salvage his idealism. Bertha and Christine plot to ruin Karl through vicious lies and sly rumors. They won't be satisfied until he's lost everything, including his family, money and sanity. In Love and Madness, David Rehak shows a good man's rapid fall from grace. It's a dark period piece, a commentary on the past that remains a dire warning for this present day. "Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it."
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Can not predict what will happen, till it does.,
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This review is from: Love and Madness (Paperback)
I had a great time with this book. Nice and tight in 131 pages, like "Jeckyll and Hyde" and "The Time Machine".The story kept moving and over a long period of time. Once the hero met the willing girl, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop and it did, over and over again. Great to watch the personalities change over the many years. Kind of like "Giant" but in a tight short length with the story refreshing itself and entering new acts quickly. Some of the incidences didn't tie into the story, but tied into the atmosphere. The main thing about the book is that it is really a page turning and you will never guess what will happen to any of the characters until it actually happens.
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Stimulating and Intellectually Written!,
By John Savoy "International Film Maker" (California,) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love and Madness (Paperback)
This is the second book I have read by this author (by request.) I enjoyed both reads. Love and Madness however was my favorite of the two novels. The characters in L&M were stronger (better developed) and the plot more organized and intriguing. A most appealing combination.John Savoy
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