The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable: Aphorisms on Love, Art, and the Vicissitudes of Life

Gay Walley

Jan 2015 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable has a subtle narrative wherein author Gay Walley weaves love with life, art with making a living, and inspiration with the banal realities of daily life. The book shows how passion is to be found in every moment, none the least in a passion for independence. Beginning with "Why Women Fight Pirates," Walley covers such disparate topics as "The Disappointments of Infidelity," "Talk in Love," "Writers," "Work and its Punishments," "The Importance of the Argument," "The Ocean," "New York," and ends on "Deathbed."

This unflinching narrative is a journey through an artist's mind, taking us outside the usual confines, to lovers and ex-husbands, traveling, solitude, money and the importance of rebellion.

About the author

Gay Walley has published short stories and a novel, Strings Attached, which was a finalist for Pirate's Alley/Faulkner and Capricorn Award and Paris Book Festival. Two other novels, Lost in Montreal and Duet, are scheduled for publication in 2014. A film of The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable is currently under production, starring Harry Hamlin and Irina Bjorkland, scheduled to be released 2014/2015. Her play LOVE, GENIUS AND A WALK opened in the Midtown Festival in New York 2013, was nominated for six awards including best playwright, and is scheduled for Off Broadway 2014/2015. She lives and works in New York.