Constance A Novel
Synopsis
The aloof and enigmatic Constance Schuyler lives alone in Manhattan when she meets Sidney Klein, a professor of poetry twenty years her senior, at a literary party. A few weeks later, he proposes marriage and Constance accepts, moving into his dark, book-filled apartment.But Constance is tortured by a bitter past. When her father makes a devastating revelation, Constance's fragile psyche suffers a profound shock. Her marriage, already tottering, threatens to collapse completely. Sidney can only watch and wait, doubting his own moral strength. Constance's consolation is the friendship of Sidney's boy Howard, a strange, delicate child, not unlike Constance herself...Book details
- Author:
- Patrick McGrath
- ISBN:
- 9781408824283
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781408843321
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2018-09-07
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Copyright by:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction