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The Age of Grief
Imprint: Mantle
Synopsis
In this brilliant collection of five short stories and a novella, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley presents six unforgettable portraits exploring the perils of domestic life.
I am thirty-five years old, and it seems to me that I have reached the age of grief. Others arrive there sooner. Almost no one arrives much later . . .
In the title novella,...
Details
224 pages
Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Faultlessly written, each nuance brilliantly capturedSunday Times
A triumphNew York Times
The Age of Grief has substance and wit . . . It draws the reader compulsivelyScotsman
A tender, sad, wise tale of marriage. Jane Smiley is a discerning observer of manners and morals, a compassionate chronicler of loneliness in middle AmericaListener