From the Pultizer Prize-winning author of ‘The Hours’, comes the story of a marriage thrown off course by a moment of mistaken identity.
Peter Harris is forty-four, prosperous, the owner of a big New York apartment and a player in the contemporary art scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close to twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself as happy. But then Rebecca’s much younger brother Mizzy shows up for a visit. Beautiful, twenty-three years old, with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his marriage, his desires, his career – the entire world he has so carefully constructed for himself.
Making us think deeply about the uses of beauty and the place of love in our lives, By Nightfall is heartbreaking look at the way we live now.
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‘Cunningham encourages his reader to wrestle with things that interest him by sketching his plots delicately over classic lines. In this case, the arrival of the guest who will change everything is reworked into a discussion about art and decay by a writer who can write a page-turning novel that lingers eloquently in the mind’ The Times
‘This is a book about art, love, marriage and mortality... One of the intriguing and peculiar qualities of ‘By Nightfall’ is that it makes you live with a character who seems never quite at ease with his own identity... One of Cunningham's gifts is to be able to shift gears when he wants, out of banal everydayness into an intense rhapsodic meditation on the meaning and purpose of life.’ Guardian
‘Michael Cunningham is embarked on one of the more satisfying career trajectories of contemporary American novelists...’By Nightfall’ offers the reader an abundance of exquisite, enriching thumbnail sketches’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Constantly surprising ... a love letter to New York, a hymn to youth and a meditation on the way art and literature alter our perception of the world’ Evening Standard
Michael Cunningham is the author of six novels, including ‘A Home at the End of the World’, ‘Flesh and Blood’, ‘The Hours’ (winner of the PEN / Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize), ‘Specimen Days’ and ‘By Nightfall’, as well as ‘Land’s End: A Walk in Provincetown’. His most recent novel is ‘The Snow Queen’. He lives in New York.
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Descrizione libro Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Codice articolo M00007318510-G
Descrizione libro Couverture souple. Condizione: Bon. Fourth Estate Ltd collection , 2010. 3 volumes broché(s) format In-8 bon. Codice articolo 405688
Descrizione libro Condizione: Gut. 4.th. Broschur gut erhalten 4-68 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 232. Codice articolo 69725
Descrizione libro Taschenbuch. Condizione: Sehr gut. 256 Seiten 4th . FSC - 9-81-2-L7 L6-YID8-KT7G Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 322. Codice articolo 76793
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. 238 pages. Cover wornPeter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties de nizens of Manhattan's SoHo, are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy until her much -younger look-alike brother shows up for a visit. Like his legend ary, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours, Cunningham's master ly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Codice articolo 1369i
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. 238 pages. Cover worn Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties d enizens of Manhattan's SoHo, are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy until her muc h-younger look-alike brother shows up for a visit. Like his legen dary, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours, Cunningham's maste rly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Codice articolo 3178aj
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. 238 pages. Text tanned. Name on ffep.The whole course of one 's life really can change in an instant. Peter is forty-four, pro sperous, the owner of a big New York apartment, a player in the N Y contemporary art dealing scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close on twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way ma rriages are. Peter might even describe himself to be happy. But w hen Mizzy, Rebecca's much younger brother, comes to stay, his wor ld is turned upside down. Returning to their New York flat after work one day, Peter sees the outline of Rebecca in the shower. Bu t when he opens the shower door, it is Mizzy he comes face to fac e with. From that moment on, Mizzy occupies all of Peter's though ts. His fascination with him is erotic but not exactly sexual. Wi thout ever really falling out of love with his wife, he tumbles i nto love with her brother, and is encouraged that way by the youn g man. With traces of the tensions that ripple through Thomas Man n's 'Death in Venice', this new novel from Michael Cunningham bri lliantly examines the quest for unattainable, and temporal, beaut y. Codice articolo 626g
Descrizione libro Paperback. 1. From the Pultizer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours', comes the story of a marriage thrown off course by a moment of mistaken identity. Peter Harris is forty-four, prosperous, the owner of a big New York apartment and a player in the contemporary art scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close to twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself as happy. But then Rebecca's much younger brother Mizzy shows up for a visit. Beautiful, twenty-three years old, with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his marriage, his desires, his career - the entire world he has so carefully constructed for himself. Making us think deeply about the uses of beauty and the place of love in our lives, By Nightfall is heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Codice articolo 7831837
Descrizione libro Condizione: Very Good. Peter Harris is 44, prosperous, childless, the owner of a big New York apartment and a player in the contemporary art dealing scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close on twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself as happy. Then Rebecca's much younger brother Mizzy, shows up for a visit. A beautiful, beguiling 23 year old with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his artists, his marriage, and his career - the entire world he has so carefully constructed for himself. 256 pages. Codice articolo 1305624
Descrizione libro Condizione: Good. Peter Harris is 44, prosperous, childless, the owner of a big New York apartment and a player in the contemporary art dealing scene. He has been married to Rebecca for close on twenty years. Their marriage is sound, in the way marriages are. Peter might even describe himself as happy. Then Rebecca's much younger brother Mizzy, shows up for a visit. A beautiful, beguiling 23 year old with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his artists, his marriage, and his career - the entire world he has so carefully constructed for himself. 256 pages. Codice articolo 1216763