Description
Elroy and his wife, Clare, elect to try living separately, a choice characteristic of their relationship-fond, thoughtful, generous to a fault, and more than a little cracked. So Elroy leases a high-rise beach condo, begins hanging out with his twenty-something students, and experiences a splendid re-enchantment with the world. With his trademark precision and pitch-perfect dialogue, Barthelme elegantly lays open this interweaving of twenty-year olds with their fifty-something fellow traveler. The result is a lovely, lilting romance, and a spare yet generous masterpiece from a writer at the top of his form.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
240 pages
Language
English
Published
Sep 6, 2004
Publisher
Counterpoint LLC
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
064169377X
ISBN-13
9780641693779