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The perfect novel submitted by amy on June 22, 2014, 11:48am An enthusiastic essay from the New York Times a couple months ago brought me to this overlooked gem of a novel from 1965 about the unremarkable life of an academic told with great sensitivity and sympathy. It's a perfect novel, with no tricks or gimmicks, but I think the words of another reviewer from the book jacket put it best: "...riveting...because its author...treats his characters with such tender and ruthless honesty that we cannot help but love them." (Steve Almond)
A Novel that makes One Think about the Scope of One's Life submitted by jeansager on October 23, 2021, 4:59pm Especially poignant is the end scene and how we make peace with life and death itself.
Satisfying submitted by fivenson on January 3, 2022, 3:06pm A slow start- then whamo! It's a hard hitter!
Another great NYR reissue submitted by jibkidder on June 29, 2022, 11:52am Loved this unrushed, sort of quiet narrative - unassuming but with plenty of depth. I get the impression that this book's reputation is growing over time and rightly so.
PUBLISHED
New York : New York Review Books, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: xiv, 278 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1590171993
9781590171998
SUBJECTS
Literature -- Study and teaching -- Fiction.
English teachers -- Fiction.
College teachers -- Fiction.
Marital conflict -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.
Middle West -- Fiction.