| Description |
xv, 270 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-258) and index. |
| Contents |
A little taxonomy of friends -- A charming gift for false intimacy -- Best friends -- The quickest way to kill friendships -- Friends-who needs 'em? -- An extremely sketchy history of friendship -- Reciprocity, or is it obligation? -- A friendship diary : adulation, stimulation, obligation -- Pity is at the bottom of women -- Boys will be boys -- Petty details vs. eternal verities -- Disparate friends -- Cliques and clans and communities -- Talking the talk -- Techno-friendships -- Friendship's new rival -- Broken friendships -- Friendlessness -- Is there an art of friendship? |
| Subject |
Epstein, Joseph, 1937- -- Friends and associates.
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Friendship.
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Friendship in literature.
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| ISBN |
0618341498 |
| Standard No. |
9780618341498 |
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