LETS CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF

Love means never having to say you're sorry. No, love is in theair. No, love is the sweetest thing. No, it's soft as an easychair. No, it's a stranger in an open car. No, it's amany-splendoured thing. No, it's the drug. No, it's like abutterfly. Oh, let's call the whole thing off. Love stories don'talways involve hearts and flowers and walks in the park. Thissparkling collection of the world's greatest love quarrels, fromChekhov to Colette, from D. H. Lawrence to Jhumpa Lahiri, featureslove stories for every mood and occasion. Here are new loverstesting the ground, cosy couples enjoying a quiet squabble beforebedtime, and exes intent on picking up where they left off. Oftenlove quarrels start with trivial matters, such as a bride's new hatin Dorothy Parker's "Here We Are" or a choice of bedtime book inJackie Kay's "You Go When You Can No Longer Stay". But it doesn'tusually take long for the stakes to be raised. Love is a riskybusiness!