cover image The Lost Art of Desire

The Lost Art of Desire

Robin Beeman. Texas Review Press, $12.95 (112pp) ISBN 978-1-881515-36-4

Robin Beeman ably manipulates style and structure in her complex and suspenseful novella, The Lost Art of Desire, awarded the 2000 Texas Review Novella Prize. Set in a lush Mexican jungle (Beeman herself studied and taught in Mexico), the book chronicles the adventures of a pair of lovers on a vacation that turns into something more, elegantly combining introspective philosophical meditation with a fast-moving, entertaining plot.