Some years ago, I was awakened early one morning by a phone call from a friend. She had just broken up with a boyfriend she still loved and was desperate to justify her decision. “Can you believe it!” she shouted into the phone. “He hadn’t even heard of Pushkin!”
We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who cares about books has at some point confronted the Pushkin problem: when a missed — or misguided — literary reference makes it chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast...read more
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I loved this article from the NY Times! I hadn't thought much before about the connection between reading and romance. Now a happily married woman (still romantic), I do notice what's on people's bookshelves when I enter their homes. I try hard to be discrete in doing this. Also I try not to categorize people too rigidly or harshly according to what they are reading or have read. But that is not easy.
The main thing for a literate single person who's looking for a soulmate is not books. But still, I would not recommend joining your life, or even more than a few evenings, with someone who doesn't read at all--even in this age of sound.
Susan
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