- Romance, Painters in fiction, Sex change in fiction, Sex change
A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change?
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- David Ebershoff, Noa Shavit
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Stock, Penguin USA, Inc., Phoenix Press
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Chinese, English, heb, French
- ISBN
- 9781101156469
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“His wife knew first.”
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