A Home at the End of the World: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312202318 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Outstanding Literature! A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD introduced me to Michael Cunningham--someone who I now consider one of my favorite contemporary authors. He manages to write honestly about friendship, love, sexuality, and life; and even though the story is told in different voices, there's hardly a break in the narrative--the novel flows beautifully and keeps readers turning pages; Cunningham is a master of words. I found Jon. Beautiful , sadness and love Michael Cunningham has once again written a beautiful novel. The characters each lack the ability to completely open themselves to another person. Each one needs the others to almost make a whole. Their love for each other is far more pure than they truly realize. There are moments when one of them begins to comprehend how deeply he or she loves and needs the others. This results in that person withdraws psy. "A reason to actually read a book." according to Michael L. Wiersma. The last time I read a book wasI don't remember. I saw this movie and was entranced enough (and felt there was some missing materialmaybe a lot) to buy, and then actually read, this book. Twice. I guess I liked it the first time, and I liked it the second time too.You probably don't have to be gay (or bisexual or whatever) to fully appreciate this book, but I think some familiarity with it would help, and mi
In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and
Still, this is a gripping, haunting piece of work from a writer of real promise and power. From Publishers Weekly This poignant and absorbing novel, parts of which have already appeared in the New Yorker , is one of a kind: at once a bildungsroman that reveals a remarkable gay sensibility, a serious appraisal of how parents and children relate over the years, and a clear-eyed account of '80s ways of looking and living. 35,000 forst printing; $50,000 ad/promo; BOMC and QPB selections; movie rights to Sinecom. He worked six years on the novel, and it shows in the careful way he evokes fleeting thoughts and state