Where the Grass is Greener (Där gräset är grönare – en studie i otrohet)

Nicolas Jacquemot

 

Where the Grass is Greener – a Study of Adultery  is an exploration to the land of forbidden love. Nicolas Jacquemot has interviewed over 60 people between the ages of 16 and 84 to find answers to questions we all have wondered about: “Why are people unfaithful?” “Do men tend to be more unfaithful than women?” and “How can you tell whether someone has been unfaithful?”

 

With the aid of the stories the interviewed people tell, the reader is guided through various experiences and interpretations of this many-facetted phenomenon. Using theories from ethnology, sociology and biology, as well as a historical background of adultery, the author gives the reader explanations as to why this behavior has been so strongly condemned.

 

His open personality and ways of presenting this material, and his references to books, magazines, films and TV series, Nicolas Jacquemot’s book makes a difficult subject entertaining and insightful.

 

286 pages

 

Rights sold

Sweden: Wahlström & Widstrand