What I Loved

Siri Hustvedt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2003
Sceptre (Verlag)
978-0-340-68237-1 (ISBN)

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Presents the story of two men who first become friends in 1970s New York, of the women in their lives, and of their sons, born the same year. This novel combines a plot of menace with an account of familial relationships. It is set against the backdrop of a society reaching depths of depravity in its quest for the next fashion, drug and thrill.

This is the story of two men who first become friends in 1970s New York, of the women in their lives, and of their sons, born the same year. Both Leo Hertzberg, an art historian, and Bill Weschler, a painter, are cultured, decent men, but neither is equipped to deal with what happens to their children - Leo's son drowns when he's 12, while Bill's son Mark grows up to be a delinquent, and the acolyte of a sinister, guru-like artist who spawns murder in his wake. Spanning the hedonism of the eighties and the chill-out nineties, this multi-layered novel combines a plot of mounting menace with a deeply moving account of familial relationships and a superbly observed portrait of an artist, set against the backdrop of a society reaching new depths of depravity in its frenetic quest for the next fashion, drug and thrill.

Siri Hustvedt's first novel, THE BLINDFOLD, was published by Sceptre in 1993 and has since been translated into sixteen foreign languages. In 2001 the film OF WOMEN AND MAGIC, based on Part Three of the novel, was released. Her work has been published in The Paris Review, Fiction, and The Best American Short Stories, and she is also the author of a book of poetry, READING TO YOU, a collection of essays, YONDER, and a second novel, THE ENCHANTMENT OF LILY DAHL. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.1.2003
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 38 mm
Gewicht	516 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • New York; Romane/Erzähl.
ISBN-10	0-340-68237-X / 034068237X
ISBN-13	978-0-340-68237-1 / 9780340682371
Zustand	Neuware