Sweetwater

ISBN: 9780375509162

作者: Roxana Robinson

出版社: Random House

页数: 336

定价: $24.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

In this brilliant， luminous novel， one of our finest realist writers gives us a story of surpassing depth and emotional power. Acclaimed for her lucid and compassionate exploration of the American family， Roxana Robinson sets her new work on familiar terrain—New York City and the Adirondacks—but with Sweetwater she transcends the particulars of the domestic sphere with a broader， more encompassing vision. In this poignant account of a young widow and her second marriage， Robinson expands her scope to include the larger natural world as well as the smaller， more intimate one of the home.

Isabel Green’s marriage to Paul Simmons， after the death of her first husband， marks her reconnection to life—a venture she’s determined will succeed. But this proves to be har