The Story of a Marriage

Resumen del libro

It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of 100,000? For six months in 1953, young Pearlie Cook struggles to understand the world around her, most especially her husband, Holland. Pearlie's story is a meditation not only on love but also on the effects of war--with one war just over and another one in Korea coming to a close. Set in a climate of fear and repression--political, sexual, and racial--"The Story of a Marriage "portrays three people trapped by the confines of their era, and the desperate measures they are prepared to take to escape it. Lyrical and surprising, "The Story of a Marriage "looks back at a period that we tend to misremember as one of innocence and simplicity. Like Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier," Andrew Sean Greer's novel is a narrative tour de force that confirms him as "one of the most talented writers around" (Michael Chabon).

Biografía del autor

Andrew Sean Greer es autor de seis obras de ficción, incluyendo "Las confesiones de Max Tivoli", que fue elegido mejor libro de 2004 por el "San Francisco Chronicle" y el "Chicago Tribune". Ha recibido los premios Northern California Book, California Book, New York Public Library Young Lions y el O. Henry de relato, y fue seleccionado para el programa de becas del Cullman Center de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York, y las becas NEA y Guggenheim. Greer ha impartido clases en varias universidades. Asimismo, ha ejercido como jurado del National Book Award. Con "Less", fue galardonado con el Premio Pulitzer 2018.<br> <br> También disponible de Andrew Sean Greer en AdN: "Less".