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The Life-Writer

David Constantine
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Pages
256
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Biblioasis

About

A New York Times Notable Book 2016. An October Indie Next List "Great Reads" Pick. After the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, picks her way through a trove of his letters and postcards, slowly piecing together the entirety of his life. Surprised by an unlikely chapter in his past that was never revealed during their marriage, Katrin sets off on a heartbreaking journey to discover the man she never fully knew.

Related Subjects

  • Women
  • Adult Fiction
  • Biographical & Autofiction
  • Literary
  • General
  • Family Life

Reviews

"Tender and powerful ... [T]he beauty of Constantine's writing lies in his extraordinary patience and precision with every whorl of consciousness, his unabashed fascination with every leaf and branch of the inner life. His emotional intelligence is as abundant as his linguistic gifts, and as necessary to the story he's telling, which, at heart, is that of a woman, newly widowed, reckoning with her
New York Times Book Review
"The Life-Writer evokes both the rapture and heartache of first love and the windswept loneliness of bereft old age."
Wall Street Journal
"British writer Constantine, long unfamiliar to North American readers, seems ready for discovery with this lyrical novel ... Haunting."
Kirkus Reviews

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