The Man Who Was Late - Softcover

Begley, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330327526 ISBN 13: 9780330327527

Publisher: Picador, 1994

Synopsis

Ben, a master of the art of self-creation, seems to have slammed the door on the memories of a childhood in wartime Central Europe. But a limb that has been amputated sometimes continues to ache and he finally sees that he is late for everything he has truly wanted. By the author of "Wartime Lies".

About this title

About the Author:

Louis Begley's novels include Kill and Be Killed; Killer, Come Hither; Memories of a Marriage; Schmidt Steps Back; Matters of Honor; Shipwreck; Schmidt Delivered; Mistler's Exit; About Schmidt; As Max Saw It; The Man Who Was Late; and Wartime Lies, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

From the Inside Flap:

"Begley writes with a contemplative wisdom that permeates his work....[He] has captured some of the wispy melancholy of midcentury fiction, and this feat in itself is mellifluous to both ear and spirit."
THE BOSTON GLOBE
A man without a country or family, a Holocaust survivor, Ben long ago left the wreckage of Europe and recreated himself as a brilliant financier. He rejects the comforts of love and is shocked to discover Veronique--beautiful, unwisely married, and all that Ben suddenly knows he has always needed. In their stolen hours and weekends, their deep commitment to one another fills their lives as nothing ever has. But the question remains: Can Ben finally take what he has always denied himself...?
From the author of WARTIME LIES.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0330327526
• ISBN 13: 9780330327527
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208