| Description |
195 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
In the late 1950s, over the course of one long lunch at a writer's workshop, Frances and Bernard begin a journey of love and loss. They banter about writing and the workshop's limitations, and, while falling in love, they struggle with the meaning of religion and the nature of friendship. In the end, their relationship is tested to the limits when Bernard suffers a manic episode. In her first novel, Bauer, author of the memoir Not That Kind of Girl, captures their affair in a series of erudite letters, some of which are exchanged between the two rich and somewhat eccentric protagonists, and some are written by these characters to others. This remarkable method of storytelling provides snapshots of the events that shape the story. |
| Subject |
Authors -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780547858241 hardback |
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0547858248 hardback |
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