Susan Minot Libri

If there was one thing Lilian Eliot might have said about herself, it was that she knew her own mind. She was not a flighty girl; no one in Boston in 1917 would have said that about her. She wrote her thank-you notes promptly and had some wit which saved her from being too prim. No great misfortune had darkened her eighteen years—in the distance now was the war—but otherwise there was no reason for her life not to be full and prosperous and happy. But how does happiness come? As her sophisticated aunt says, even a girl who is not an idiot can behave like one, given the right situation and the right boy. When Walter Vail, an enlisted man from New York, descends upon her, dazzling her, and then disappears, Lilian feels she will never marry. But years later she develops an interest in Gilbert Finch, an old Bostonian like herself, solitary and apart, who promises something she understands, and can love. And Walter Vail reappears. "Folly" is the story of a conventional girl with unconventional stirrings and of the two men in her life who represent different possibilities. In Lilian Eliot's world, from Beacon Hill to summers in Maine to Grand Tours in Europe between the two world wars, it is the choosing of a husband that determines a woman's life. Susan Minot has created a society and a way of life in the tradition of Edith Wharton. Uscita da un'adolescenza trascorsa nel quartiere elegante di Boston, Lilain Eliot avverte che la vita è qualcosa di più dell'educazione che ha ricevuto: conversazioni con amici di famiglia, tazze di tè versate con squisitezza, lettere scritte nella penombra del crepuscolo. Un intenso ritratto di una donna in conflitto con se stessa e con una società che proietta su tutti le sue aspettative.

Come recita la testata del sito Web della "Timothy McSweeney è un enigma avvolto in un mistero avvolto nella pancetta".Ma chi era davvero Timothy McSweeney? Una delle possibili risposte si trova nel sesto numero, dove si "Timothy McSweeney era un uomo che aveva l'abitudine di scrivere lettere al futuro fondatore della rivista quando questi, ancora bambino e poi adolescente, abitava fuori Chicago. Le lettere, vergate con una calligrafia strana e bellissima, oltre che a lui erano indirizzate alla madre, una McSweeney, e insistevano sul fatto che il loro autore fosse imparentato con questa famiglia di Chicago". La spiegazione va avanti per un bel po' e ve la risparmiamo. Tanto, chissà quanto c'è di vero e quanto è frutto dell'immaginazione.Per quel che ne sappiamo, la rivista è nata a San Francisco nel 1998 a opera di quel formidabile genio di Dave Eggers, e da subito ha rivoluzionato il mondo delle lettere e delle riviste diventando un polo di attrazione per gli autori più famosi (e a volte anche più sconosciuti). Vogliamo fare qualche nome? Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, David Foster Wallace, Michael Chabon, Roddy Doyle, William Vollmann, e si potrebbe continuare fino a uscire dai bordi della copertina.In questa antologia abbiamo pensato bene di raccogliere i pezzi firmati da alcune delle intrepide scrittrici che hanno contribuito a rendere la rivista uno dei luoghi più fantastici in cui perdersi. Da Zadie Smith a Heidi Julavits, da Lydia Davis a A.M. Homes, da Susan Minot a Sheila Heti etc. etc., non avrete che l'imbarazzo della storie brevi, memorie personali, saggi e altro ancora non solo saranno per voi, cari lettori, fonte di soddisfazione e di divertimento, ma soprattutto faranno di voi delle persone incredibilmente, oscenamente, inguaribilmente cool. E oggi come oggi, scusateci se è poco.

Exploring the emotional intricacies of young New Yorkers, the author employs a lyrical style to reveal profound truths through seemingly simple narratives. The stories delve into the dynamics of relationships, highlighting the challenges and aspirations of lovers who understand their desires yet struggle with the complexities of maintaining connections. This collection serves as a poignant reflection on desire and loss, capturing the delicate moments that define human interactions.

The long-awaited novel from the best-selling, award-winning author of 'Evening' is a literary tour de force set in war-torn Africa.

Now ailing and surrounded by her children, sixty-five-year-old Ann Grant Lord reminisces about a glorious summer weekend some forty years earlier during which she met and lost the love of her life. Reissue. (A Focus Features film, releasing Summer 2007, directed by Lajos Koltai, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Patrick Wilson, Eileen Atkins, Mamie Gummer, Natasha Richardson, & Hugh Dancy) (General Fiction)

"In each of these stories Minot explores the difficult geometry of human relations, the lure of love and physical desire, and the lifelong quest for meaning and connection. Her characters are all searching for truth, in feeling and in action, as societal norms are upended and justice and coherence flounder"--

A powerful, sensuous new novel from the critically acclaimed author of ‘Evening’.'Mesmerising.' Vogue 'The bedspread was sloughing off the foot of the bed, the white sheets were as flat as paper. This is not what she'd pictured when she asked him over for lunch today. It really wasn't.'Taking one single interlude – two bodies entwined on a bed at midday, lovers rekindling an old affair – Susan Minot's new novel chronicles a relationship from the alternating perspectives of a man and a women.Thoughts cascade through Benjamin's mind, memories of the chest thumping moment when he first met Kay; of the night they shared under the mosquito net on the pink bed in Oaxaca; and of his fiancé, Vanessa, and the simple choices that face him. Memories unspool in Kay's mind too. She recalls the dangerous lure of Benjamin, the man who drove her scepticism away; the dread and the thrill of the first night they spent together; and now she asks herself, how has she let him slip back into her life like this?Graphic, provocative and reminiscent of Hanif Kureishi ‘Intimacy’, Susan Minot's striking novel dissects a love affair in breathtaking detail.

Exploring the complexities of love and self-discovery, this novel follows a woman who embarks on a passionate affair during her mid-life. As she navigates the challenges of relationships and personal fulfillment, the story delves into themes of desire, identity, and the transformative power of love. Through her journey, readers witness the emotional highs and lows that accompany a late-blooming romance, ultimately reflecting on the richness of life’s unexpected turns.

Červenec 1954. Pětadvacetiletá Ann Grantová přijíždí na ostrov u pobřeží Maine, aby se zúčastnila svatby své nejlepší přítelkyně. Víkend uplyne, aniž zanechá v jejím životě sebemenší zjevnou stopu. O čtyřicet let později Ann umírá na rakovinu a zbývá jí pouze několik týdnů života. Upoutaná na lůžko a sužovaná bolestmi se Ann ve vzpomínkách vrací k těm třem dnům, na které zdánlivě dávno zapomněla. A přestože má za sebou tři manželství, přestože se stala matkou pěti dětí, přestože poznala štěstí i nejhlubší zármutek, nakonec jsou to právě ony tři bezvýznamné dny, na čem skutečně záleží… Susan Minot lyricky a s neobyčejnou intenzitou líčí tajemství lidské paměti a sílu lásky. Její román si získal velký kritický ohlas a vznikl podle něj stejnojmenný film s hvězdným obsazením, na jehož scénáři s autorkou spolupracoval i autor Hodin Michael Cunningham.