A Lifetime Burning

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61703-601-9
Verlag: University Press of Mississippi

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 314 g

Reihe: Banner Books Series

So spontaneous is the writing in A Lifetime Burning, one might believe these are indeed words of a woman desperately trying to understand what has happened to her life, beginning with the fact that her husband has stopped sleeping with her.
Why? Is there a rival--perhaps ""The Toad,"" the unattractive housewife next door--or someone else, who will completely surprise the reader, as do many of the events of the protagonist's story? At age sixty-two, Corinne must grapple with the most painful truth that her lifelong passion--which is anyone's passion, to love and be loved, body and soul--could burn unquenched forever. Her imaginative narrative even when she is lying is as revealing as bedrock truth. A Lifetime Burning is as real as life itself--a novel shimmering and vital and recognizably true. Gripping, smart, suspenseful, and at times, wonderfully witty, Douglas's widely acclaimed book forms a searching and searing record of love, anger, confession, and discovery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douglas, Ellen

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Douglas is the author of numerous novels and a collection of essays, Witnessing. She is the recipient of the 2000 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.