Love and Be Silent - Couverture souple

Harnack, Curtis

 
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Synopsis

The illusions of love and the realities of marriage are portrayed in the lives of a rural Midwestern brother and sister. "With great skill, and with infinite care, Mr. harnack contrasts the solidity and stolidity of Robert's marriage wit the uncertainty and the continuing sense of romance that Alma cherishes in her voice." The New Yorker "Mr. Harnack has given his readers a yeoman piece of writing and I was fascinated by it...he has made a story that compels attention, an intelligent and meaningful novel." The New York Times "American writing at its finest." St. Louis Post Dispatch

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The illusions of love and the realities of marriage are portrayed in the lives of a rural Midwestern brother and sister. "With great skill, and with infinite care, Mr. harnack contrasts the solidity and stolidity of Robert's marriage wit the uncertainty and the continuing sense of romance that Alma cherishes in her voice." The New Yorker "Mr. Harnack has given his readers a yeoman piece of writing and I was fascinated by it...he has made a story that compels attention, an intelligent and meaningful novel." The New York Times "American writing at its finest." St. Louis Post Dispatch

Biographie de l'auteur

Curtis Harnack's linked novels set in the rural Midwest are The Work of an Ancient Hand, Love and Be Silent, and Limits of the Land. He wrote Gentlemen on the Prairie, a history of British settlers; a collection of short fiction,Under My Wings Everything Prospers; an acclaimed memoir, We Have All gone Away, plus a sequel, The Attic.

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