Raising Aphrodite, by Kirk Curnutt
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Raising Aphrodite is a comedy of parenting errors in which single father, Vance Seagrove, wakes up one morning to discover irrefutable proof that his teenage daughter has come of age. Anxious to protect Chloe from the emotional perils of growing up too fast too soon, Vance must confront the sexual hypocrisies of small-town life in Willoughby, Alabama including his own. Guiding him on his journey is a cast of strong women: his best friend and former lover, Campbell, whose bisexuality is a source of conflict with both her own overbearing father and ex-husband; his current girlfriend, Sadie, the aspiring Liz Phair-influenced songwriter whose fiery confidence Vance admires and envies; and Deb, the ex-wife whose unexpected reappearance in his daughter s life sends him spiraling into self-destructive jealousy. Central to understanding Chloe s entry into adulthood is yet another iconic female, the Aphrodite of Knidos. As the first nude in Western art, this Greek masterpiece an alabaster reproduction of which is the centerpiece of the statuary Vance is dedicated to preserving symbolizes the thin line between objectification and self-possession, between eros and the erotic. Raising Aphrodite is a funny and poignant exploration of the misadventures of manhood that celebrates the creativity of punk rock, the importance of art in a community, and the beauty of friendship between the sexes.
Raising Aphrodite, by Kirk Curnutt- Amazon Sales Rank: #2418660 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.25" w x 1.25" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 432 pages
Review With contemporary problems and topics, musical references, and spot-on dialogue, this novel is both relatable and humorous. --Foreword Review...Curnutt throws in enough fragile humanity to make Vance and Chloe's mutual journey to adulthood worthwhile. --Kirkus Reviews
About the Author Kirk Curnutt is the author of thirteen books, including two previous novels, Breathing Out the Ghost, which won the Indiana Center for the Book 2008 Book of the Year Award as well as the 2008 IPPY Bronze Award for literary fiction, and Dixie Noir. Other titles include The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fictional dialogue with Ernest Hemingway entitled Coffee with Hemingway (with a preface by John Updike), and the short-story collection Baby, Let s Make a Baby, Plus Ten More Stories. He is also the recipient of a 2007-08 Alabama State Arts Council literary fellowship. Raising Aphrodite was a finalist for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Award, sponsored by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Bumbling War of Sexes and Ages By W. J. TAYLOR Kirk Curnutt, Raising Aphrodite. The nearly 40-year-old father in this novel loves to listen to music; his 16-year-old daughter loves to make it. Turning on that metaphor, the novel sets up the relationship between a bumbling, suspicious father and his lovely, creative, and gutsy daughter. There are plenty of wonderful slapstick scenes in the novel—one delightful one where the father gets his slacks caught in his daughter’s bedframe while trying to pull out a small box from under her bed. Guess who comes home early to find him thus? Not only the daughter but her best friend Nina. And Dad is a terribly slow learner, for he repeats one form or another of this goofball mistake throughout the novel, despite his daughter and a cadre of women trying to teach Dad the proper way to raise a teenaged daughter. His bumbling pays off in the conclusion, however, with one fine discovery. A fun read.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Here Comes Everybody By Alexander Austin Vance Seaforth is oversexed. No, it’s not that his sex drive is redlining, but that sex is overwhelming him. At the heart of his problem is the discovery that his sixteen-year-old daughter, Chloe, apparently had sex with Stu, her boyfriend and band mate—under Vance's roof. His once idyllic relationship with his daughter had lately become exceedingly difficult for Vance, but this was unexpected and feels like a betrayal.Coming to terms with his daughter’s sexual experience, her independence and evolving intellect--losing her as a child--is the main thread of the novel, and a worthy core, but it intertwines with numerous other sexual and gender complications including Vance’s own sexual experiences and relationships, past and present:His neighbor Campbell, who cast off her husband for a woman, may have a thing for Vance; Sadie, Vance’s new musician girlfriend can't get no satisfaction; a younger girl, a local waitress, is on Vance's mind; memories of Vance’s parent’s sex life haunt him, provocative pop music performers and lyrics (See Liz Phair), once so crucial to his outlook, now undermine his attempted guidance of Chloe; the onslaught continues as Vance deals with sexually precocious teenagers and teenagers who want to be sexually precocious; and then his ex-wife Deb shows up at his doorThe situations range from tender to raw and raucous—heartfelt conversations to decidedly graphic sex. The author also doesn’t steer away from some prickly father-daughter questions.Raising Aphrodite is funny, many times touching, and frequently raises and explores important sexual issues. The writing is fast-paced, the subplots serviceable and the characters involving. I also learned plenty about art and Aphrodite, who as statue and symbol plays an important role .Although I like references to pop music in fiction, I think the story sometimes gets sidetracked in order to get in another shout-out. I also think that Curnutt sometimes sacrifices a deeper Vance and a deeper story for the sake of comedic punch lines.My favorite scene in the novel is when Vance takes his daughter to a rock concert. He gets that scene just right. I’ve been there.
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