The Other Side (Contemporary American Fiction) - Softcover

Gordon, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140144080 ISBN 13: 9780140144086

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

Both Ellen and Vincent left Ireland in the early part of this century, one bitterly escaping shame, humiliation, and fear; the other filled with hope for the promise and future of America - the "other side." Together for more than sixty years, they raised a family, savored their dreams, comforted, challenged, and defied one another. Their desires and fears are manifest in the generations that follow - children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, each carrying as a legacy of the past the need to find a true place in the family and in the world at large.

As she writes of passage and change, of the struggle of generations to find a common ground, Mary Gordon reveals that the dramas wrought by social and cultural forces can be resolved only in the realm of the heart.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Gordon, Professor of English at Barnard College, is the bestselling author of five novels, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. Her books include The Rest of Life, The Other Side and Spending. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140144080
• ISBN 13: 9780140144086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400