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EMBED. Winner Detail Change Date: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 09:07. ISBN of the winning item: 0140109587. The prose is utterly elegant.” –“The world within these pages, so different from yet so similar to our own, is one in which all of us should tread water.” –Newsletters, offers and promotions delivered straight to your inbox. Battling both the slow withdrawal of her husband and the ravages of her disease, Louise must realize that even the kindness of her children will not save her.“Rich, funny, varied, and true to contemporary American life.” –Doris Grumbach“A gritty, passionate novel . Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. “One of the finest young voices in American fiction” – . This website uses cookies to improve user experience. Equal Affections ; Author: David Leavitt: Country: United States: Language: English: Genre: Novel: Publication date. While Louise's illness is at the novel's center, it is not isolated there, as is so often the case in stories of illness. Winner Detail Change ID: 261. Award Winner Category (start typing): Sketches an intimate portrait of a family and its emotional struggle to come to … Meanwhile her family are facing other challenges. For information on how we process your data, read our No_Favorite. “Rich, funny, varied and true to contemporary life” –
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Her husband Nat is having an affair with another woman. Written from the point of view of a raging self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances” –
Publication Date: September 11, 1997. .
Winner Detail Create Date: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 09:07. : Book. . Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Louise, an aging woman, is coming down with cancer. [Leavitt] has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –“Leavitt’s skills with character and scene come through as strongly as his most fervent fans would expect. Find items in libraries near you. Search. David Leavitt's fiction has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the LA Times Fiction Prize, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Louise, the indomitable matriarch, has had cancer for twenty years. Winner Type: PTMD. 1989: Media type: Print : Plot summary. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Equal affections. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. [Leavitt] has written from the point of view of a raging, self-dramatizing mother with clarity and with such compassion that we understand her bitterness and mourn her lost chances.” –The eloquent, powerful novel of a funny, loving, tragic, and complex family whose indomitable matriarch, Louise Cooper, has had cancer for 20 years. Equal Affections tells the story of the funny, loving, and tragic Cooper family. The prose is utterly elegant” – You can unsubscribe from newsletters at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any newsletter.
Despite, or perhaps even because of, its multiple dysfunctions, the Cooper family seems familiar and convincingly normal. List Price: 14.95* * Individual store prices may vary. Her growing resentment towards her suburban life and her husband, Nat, compounded by his affair, have left her longing for the life she dreamed of having in her youth. “Leavitt's skills with character and scene come through as strongly as his most fervent fans would expect. Scopri Equal Affections: A Novel di : spedizione gratuita per i clienti Prime e per ordini a partire da 29€ spediti da Amazon. . Description. Equal affections : a novel Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Equal Affections. Louise Cooper has been battling cancer for over twenty years. Please note that ebooks are subject to tax and the final price may vary depending on your country of residence.Louise Cooper has been battling cancer for over twenty years. Her growing resentment towards her suburban life and her husband, Nat, compounded by his affair, have left her longing for the life she dreamed of having in her youth.
Grove Press, 9780802135315, 288pp.