July July - Softcover

O'Brien, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0544217578 ISBN 13: 9780544217577

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2014

Synopsis

"Insidiously, compulsively readable." -- MSNBC At the thirtieth reunion of the Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends join their classmates for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regret. The three decades since graduation have brought marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and replaced. July, July tells the heart-rending and often hilarious story of men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade. These lives will ring familiar to anyone who has dreamed, worked, and struggled to keep course toward a happy ending. With humor and a sense of wistful hope, July, July speaks directly to the American character and its resilience, striking deep at the emotional center of our lives. "A symphony of American life." -- All Things Considered, NPR "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . O'Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing for [its] clarity of character, for [its] narrative thrills and surprises, for [its] humor and hard-won wisdom . . . July, July gives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Perceptive, affectionate and often very funny." -- Boston Herald "A deeply satisfying story . . . O'Brien is intelligent and daring, but he is also eminently accessible." -- O, the Oprah Magazine "Taut and compelling." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Beautifully realized, heartbreakingly honest." -- Providence Journal-Bulletin "Almost impossible to put down." -- Austin American-Statesman

About this title

Review:

‘“July, July” is beautifully written, very moving and very, very funny. It is also packed with some of the best characters I’ve read in a long time. A great book from one of America’s greatest writers.’ Roddy Doyle

‘“July, July” is a book for all seasons. Funny and poignant, it looks into the nature of our dreams and how fulfilment eludes us.’ Edna O’Brien

‘O’Brien expands on the themes he explored in some of his best-known earlier novels: memory, hope, love, war...This is a poignant and powerful page-turner, and a testament to a generation.’ Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

TIM O'BRIEN received the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato. Among his other books are The Things They Carried, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and a New York Times Book of the Century, and In the Lake of the Woods, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0544217578
• ISBN 13: 9780544217577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320