The Page Turner / David Leavitt

Public ISBD Titre : The Page Turner Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Année de publication : 1998 Importance : 244 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-395-75285-2 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : At eighteen, Paul Porterfield dreams of playing piano at the world's great concert halls, yet so far the closest he has come has been page-turning for his idol, Richard Kennington, a former piano prodigy on the cusp of middle age. Then, on vacation in Rome with his mother, Pamela, Paul encounters Kennington a second time. A love affair begins between the two - one that is complicated when Pamela misconstrues Kennington's attention toward her son as a sign of interest in her. Alarmed by the situation, Kennington flees Rome for New York, where Joseph Mansourian, his long-time manager (and lover), awaits him; Paul, too, goes to New York to study at Juilliard. They do not see each other. Yet the brief affair will affect their lives in ways that neither could have predicted. "Why can't people have what they want?" It is around this question that David Leavitt's new novel pivots. The Page Turner [texte imprimé] / David Leavitt (1961-....), Auteur . - [S.l.] : Houghton Mifflin, 1998 . - 244 pages. ISBN : 978-0-395-75285-2 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Sentimental Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : At eighteen, Paul Porterfield dreams of playing piano at the world's great concert halls, yet so far the closest he has come has been page-turning for his idol, Richard Kennington, a former piano prodigy on the cusp of middle age. Then, on vacation in Rome with his mother, Pamela, Paul encounters Kennington a second time. A love affair begins between the two - one that is complicated when Pamela misconstrues Kennington's attention toward her son as a sign of interest in her. Alarmed by the situation, Kennington flees Rome for New York, where Joseph Mansourian, his long-time manager (and lover), awaits him; Paul, too, goes to New York to study at Juilliard. They do not see each other. Yet the brief affair will affect their lives in ways that neither could have predicted. "Why can't people have what they want?" It is around this question that David Leavitt's new novel pivots.

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The Long Falling / Keith Ridgway

Public ISBD Titre : The Long Falling Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Keith Ridgway, Auteur Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Année de publication : 1998 Importance : 305 pages ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-395-90530-2 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Grace Quinn is an Englishwoman who has lived her entire adult life in rural Ireland but is still an outsider. Isolated by religion and circumstance, she endures an abusive husband -- who blames her for the death of their young son some 20 years earlier -- and an increasingly estranged relationship with her surviving son, Martin, whose open homosexuality her husband refuses to accept. Through a series of ill-fated events, Grace is emboldened to commit an act of desperation. Reeling in the aftermath, haunted by doubt and denial, she seeks out Martin in Dublin. There she is pursued by the police and an ambitious newspaper reporter. Confused about where to turn and whom to trust, she is cornered -- and what unfolds is an uncompromising examination of the complex nature of love, fear, and betrayal. The Long Falling [texte imprimé] / Keith Ridgway, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Houghton Mifflin, 1998 . - 305 pages. ISBN : 978-0-395-90530-2 Langues : Anglais Catégories : Genres:Enfance / Relations familiales Littérature Littérature:- Roman Résumé : Grace Quinn is an Englishwoman who has lived her entire adult life in rural Ireland but is still an outsider. Isolated by religion and circumstance, she endures an abusive husband -- who blames her for the death of their young son some 20 years earlier -- and an increasingly estranged relationship with her surviving son, Martin, whose open homosexuality her husband refuses to accept. Through a series of ill-fated events, Grace is emboldened to commit an act of desperation. Reeling in the aftermath, haunted by doubt and denial, she seeks out Martin in Dublin. There she is pursued by the police and an ambitious newspaper reporter. Confused about where to turn and whom to trust, she is cornered -- and what unfolds is an uncompromising examination of the complex nature of love, fear, and betrayal.

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