Chilly Scenes of Winter - Softcover

Chilly Scenes Winter Edition: Reprint

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446313432 ISBN 13: 9780446313438

Publisher: Warner Books, 1985

Synopsis

Surrounded by family members and friends not appreciably unlike himself, a twenty-seven-year-old government worker longs to recapture his ex-lover Laura, who has recently returned to her husband, stepdaughter, and A-frame

About this title

About the Author

Ann Beattie has published eight novels and ten collections of stories, among them Chilly Scenes of Winter, Falling in Place, The Burning House, Love Always, Picturing Will, and Another You. She was the Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia (emerita). She is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine and Key West, Florida.

From the Back Cover

It is the story of love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the unemployed Phi Beta Kappa college graduate; and Charles's mother, who spends much of her time in the bathtub feeling depressed. It is an uncannily accurate look at the nostalgia suffered by people yearning for deeper feelings in a culture that turns feelings into cliches.

Edition details

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446313432
• ISBN 13: 9780446313438
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback