The Cambridge Companion to Gay and Lesbian Writing (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

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In
, Evan S. Connell, a consummate storyteller, artfully crafts a portrait using the finest of details in everyday events and confrontations. The novel is comprised of vignettes, images, fragments of conversations, events求all building powerfully toward the completed group portrait of a family, closely knit on the surface but deeply divided by loneliness, boredom, misunderstandings, isolation, sexual longing, and terminal isolation. In this special fiftieth anniversary edition, we are reminded once again why
has been hailed by readers and critics alike as one of the greatest novels in American literature.