Author: | Ursula Hegi | ISBN: | 9781451627046 |
Publisher: | Touchstone | Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
Imprint: | Touchstone | Language: | English |
Author: | Ursula Hegi |
ISBN: | 9781451627046 |
Publisher: | Touchstone |
Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
Imprint: | Touchstone |
Language: | English |
In this stunning collection of stories, bestselling author Ursula Hegi focuses on the problems of love -- familial, parental, conjugal, and emergent. With compassion and her "unfailing immediacy of language," she raises the struggles of her characters to a plane of recognition that enables them to transcend despair. Life and death, age and youth, attained hopes and unearned pleasures, provide the human settings for a brilliant exploration of life at its most pointed and significant.
In this stunning collection of stories, bestselling author Ursula Hegi focuses on the problems of love -- familial, parental, conjugal, and emergent. With compassion and her "unfailing immediacy of language," she raises the struggles of her characters to a plane of recognition that enables them to transcend despair. Life and death, age and youth, attained hopes and unearned pleasures, provide the human settings for a brilliant exploration of life at its most pointed and significant.