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Type: fiction
Status: liked
Authors: John Banville
Tags: middle aged loss, widowers,
Description: Written in the first person by Max Morden, a middle aged Irishman, recently widowed, who returnsWritten in the first person by Max Morden, a middle aged Irishman, recently widowed, who returns to the seen of a tragedy in his youth. The story is like reading a braid of his thoughts about: his married life with Anna; a childhood flame Chloe Grace and her enigmatic household; and his grown daughter, Claire. Complex reflections on the past and its effect on the present. This is one I might read again....
2006-08-12
