num_pages: 201
description: From the author of the blockbuster Mister Sandman comes a gathering of unusual characters captured in the outrageous and humorous situations for which Barbara Gowdy has become famous. Teasing the taboos, Gowdy creates a marriage dialogue between a woman and her transsexual fiancé, who she thought was a man, and litigation between Samuel and Simon who share the same two-headed body. She peoples her stories with Siamese twins, a necrophile, and a pathetically lonely exhibitionist. And she brilliantly illustrates how uncomfortably close a connection comedy has to human suffering. The title story has been adapted into a movie called "Kissed. 
language: English
title: We So Seldom Look on Love
titlecomplete: We So Seldom Look on Love
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Canadian Literature, LGBT, Canada, Literature, Contemporary, Short Story Collection, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1103
publisher: Harper Perennial Canada