The Maytrees

Dillard, Annie

ISBN 10: 0061285463 ISBN 13: 9780061285462

Publisher: Harperaudio, 2007

Synopsis

Sharing a simple life with his wife and young son in the post-war artist community of his childhood, free-thinking poet Toby Maytree is aided with child-care responsibilities by close friend Deary, who years later comes between Toby and his wife. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Simultaneous.

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Review:

'A beautiful, unstinting contemplation of mortality...turn back to the start and wallow in very word.' --The Guardian

'We all know that truth can be stranger than fiction: it is one of the challenges of fiction to persuade us that lives really might be lived and experienced in other ways. The vividness of Dillard's initial portrayal of the Maytrees' intimacy makes the shiftings of their hearts all the more startling.' --The Spectator

'A shimmering meditation on the ebb and flow of love ... the last line of The Maytrees is so lovely that it may send you right back to the book s beginning.' --New York Times

From the Publisher:

This profound and meditative reflection on the nature of love, written with all her characteristic verve and grace,
is Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard's second novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperaudio
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061285463
• ISBN 13: 9780061285462
• Binding: Audio CD