`Sex and the City' book inspires real life search
NEW YORK (AP) - June 10, 2008 There is no such
book as "Love Letters From Great Men," from which Carrie Bradshaw
reads while in bed with her beloved Mr. Big.
The closest text in the real world apparently is "Love Letters
From Great Men and Women: From the Eighteenth Century to the
Present Day," first released in the 1920s and reissued last year
by Kessinger Publishing, which specializes in bringing back old
works.
Richard Davies, press manager for AbeBooks.com, an online seller
that features used titles, told The Associated Press on Thursday
that he has received hundreds of queries about the book's
existence. Enough readers have been directed to the Kessinger
anthology, on AbeBooks and elsewhere on the Internet, that it
ranked No. 134 on Amazon.com as of Thursday afternoon.
In "Sex and the City," an early scene shows Carrie (Sarah
Jessica Parker) poring through the imaginary collection, although
citing real letters by Beethoven and Napoleon among others. Mr. Big
(Chris Noth) later takes passages from the book as he expresses his
love, by e-mail, to Carrie.
