Description
"A superb, stunningly written novel."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Rich . . . satisfying . . . a work of vast intelligence and enormous charm."--Newsday
Author: Mary Gordon
Publisher: Ballantine
Published: 03/12/1986
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.66h x 5.40w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780345483010
ISBN10: 0345483014
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Psychological
About the Author
Mary Gordon is the author of seven novels, including Final Payments, Pearl, and The Love of My Youth; six works of nonfiction, including the memoirs The Shadow Man and Circling My Mother; and three collections of fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. She has received many other honors, including a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.