Unaccustomed Earth

Unaccustomed Earth
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
352
ISBN
 
9780307265739:9780676979343
Издатель
 
Alfred A. Knopf

Содержание:

Юнкера, Впотьмах, Молох, Прапорщик армейский, Олеся, На переломе (Кадеты), Поединок, Суламифь, Гранатовый браслет, Яма, Колесо времени, Жанета, Купол Св. Исаакия Далматского, Звезда Соломона, Жидкое солнце, "Настоящий художник, громадный талант…"

Описание:

From the internationally best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories—longer and more emotionally complex than any she has yet written—that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers.In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden, where he and his grandson form a special bond. But he’s harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair he’s keeping all to himself. In "A Choice of Accommodations", a husband’s attempt to turn an old friend’s wedding into a romantic getaway weekend with his wife takes a dark, revealing turn as the party lasts deep into the night. In "Only Goodness", a sister eager to give her younger brother the perfect childhood she never had is overwhelmed by guilt, anguish, and anger when his alcoholism...

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