- FICTION / Family Life, Death, Middle-aged men, FICTION / Literary
"Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances--in their house, on the roadway, in the market.
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Contemporary, contemplative, spare and prestige.
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- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Anne Tyler
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 211
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Alfred A. Knopf, Stock
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780739378540
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