Blind Love

by Mary Woronov

"Some forms of literary expression resemble a controlled mimicry of demonic possession. Mary Woronov’s writing spits it out like burning embers crackling off a bonfire."—Gary Indiana in Bookforum

From the euphoric moments of first love to the always desperate, often comic acts of terminal desire, the stories in Blind Love capture the essence of love in the twenty-first century. The insane, the callous predator, the overcautious, the egotistical, and the very brave, all meet their match in Blind Love. Some fight, some surrender, and others try to hide, but no one escapes. In each story, a life is changed forever by the uncontrollable force of love.

The success of her novels, Snake and Niagara—a Village Voice Top 25 Book of 2002—has established Mary Woronov as the surreal chronicler of Los Angeles life. The literary counterpart of David Lynch, she is a unique voice in American fiction.

Mary Woronov is a writer, film actor, and artist. She starred in the Andy Warhol films, Chelsea Girls, Screen Tests, Shower, Milk and Superboy; Oliver Stone’s Seizure and Paul Bartel’s Death Race 2000 and Eating Raoul. Previous books include the novels, Snake and Niagara and the memoir, Swimming Underground. She lives in Los Angeles.

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Mary Woronov is an American actress, well known for her roles in Cult films; she has appeared in over 80 movies. She first made headlines as one of Andy Warhol's Factory superstars, and danced with The Velvet Underground in Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable. She is a published author of such books as Blind Love and Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory.

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting short stories from an interesting voice, the entire collection is differing takes on the power of love.

Sadly I just couldn't find anything to recommend it to anyone.

I picked it up because her novel Snake has been recommended to me as an interesting literary take on the film soleil genre (itself a response to traditional noir) and the Serpents Tail publishing house do quite well when it comes to crime fiction, yet these stories just didn't capture me. I guess that's why it was only $1.

I saw enough in her writing ability to still look out for the novel, she's not a bad writer, just not suited to the short story I guess.