Almost Perfect - Couverture souple

Adams, Alice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671020692 ISBN 13 : 9780671020699

Editeur : Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y., 1998

Synopsis

At the time Stella Blake meets Richard Fallon, she is nearly broke. Her semi-famous father, who has always neglected her, is dying. Her job at a San Francisco newspaper is only tentative. Richard, on the other hand, is wildly successful as a commercial artist, even if both his marriages to bosomy blondes have failed. Of course, he immediately notes that Stella is not his type, being small, dark, and exotic-looking. For her part, Stella thinks Richard is far too sure of himself, and vain. Naturally they fall in love. Theirs is an almost perfect relationship -- except for the violent fights followed by passionate reconciliations. And there is Stella's suddenly ascending career. . .and a shimmering San Francisco whose dark side is AIDS.

Something is terribly amiss with this golden couple, something one of them is only beginning to suspect. In Almost Perfect, Alice Adams creates her most searing account of modern relationships when illusions crack, secrets seep out, and women face the consequences of falling madly in love.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alice Adams, born in Virginia and educated at Radcliffe College, is the author of ten highly praised novels. Her short stories have appeared in twenty-two O. Henry Award scollections and several volumes of Best American Short Stories. She has been the recipient of an Academy and Institute Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Ms. Adams' other novels include Superior Women, a New York Times bestseller, and Medicine Men, both published by Washington Square Press. She lives in San Francisco.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0671020692
• ISBN 13: 9780671020699
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible