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Visitors - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Anita Brookner (Paperback)

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  • The extraordinary Anita Brookner, praised by The New York Times as "one of the finest novelists of her generation," gives us a brilliant novel about age and awakening.
  • About the Author: Anita Brookner was born in London and, apart from several years in Paris, has lived there ever since.
  • 256 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
  • Series Name: Vintage Contemporaries

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About the Book



When her late husband's sister asked her to take in a reticent young drifter who is to be best man at a granddaughter's wedding, 70-year-old recluse Dorothea May is forced to realize that old age will require a good deal more courage than she had anticipated.



Book Synopsis



The extraordinary Anita Brookner, praised by The New York Times as "one of the finest novelists of her generation," gives us a brilliant novel about age and awakening. In Visitors, Brookner explores what happens when a woman's quiet resignation to fate is challenged by the arrogance of youth.

Dorothea May is most at ease in the company of strangers. When her late husband's relatives prevail on her to take in a young man for the week before an unexpected family wedding, Thea's carefully constructed, solitary world is thrown into disarray. As the wedding approaches, old family secrets surface and conflicts erupt between the generations, trapping an unwilling Thea in the middle. Confronted by the company of Steve Best, a carefree young wanderer, Thea's fragile facade of peaceful acceptance is pierced, forcing her to face in a new way both her past and her future.

Exquisite writing, richly drawn characters, and penetrating prceptions about people are here combined into another superb novel by the writer about whom The New York Times Book Review has said, "If Henry James were around, the only writer he'd be reading with complete approval would be Anita Brookner."



Review Quotes




"A superb storyteller in her prime."
-The Globe and Mail

"Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight."
-The Washington Post Book World

"Brookner is a writer of great skill and precision. Passages of brilliant writing abound, hard-won insights that startle us with Brookner's clarity and succinct intelligence."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review



About the Author



Anita Brookner was born in London and, apart from several years in Paris, has lived there ever since. She trained as an art historian and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art until 1988.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.92 Inches (H) x 5.18 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Anita Brookner
Language: English
Street Date: December 29, 1998
TCIN: 91285365
UPC: 9780679781479
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-1455
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.52 inches length x 5.18 inches width x 7.92 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.4 pounds
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