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Synopsis
A conversation between strangers on a long-haul flight will change lives for ever; one night in Baden-Baden will threaten to tear a couple apart; a meeting with an ex-lover will give a divorcee a second chance; holiday lovers will struggle in the harsh reality of daily routine ...
As Schlink's characters navigate their lives, we discover the many faces of love: the small betrayals, hidden truths and abiding affections. In Schlink's trademark spare prose, we come face to face with the desires and jealousies that define our daily lives, with the fragility of happiness and with the abiding possibility of hope.
Tender yet unsentimental, achingly personal yet utterly universal, SUMMER LIES asks what it means to love, to deceive and, ultimately, to be human.
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Review
"A thoughtful, stimulating collection."
"--Kirkus"
"Eloquent and profound . . . a generally top-notch collection from Schlink."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"In each affecting story in this hot, blurry haze of summer, the valley between truth and deception is neither straight nor wide."
--"Booklist
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Praise for "The Weekend"
"Schlink deftly manages his characters' interlocking stories yet refuses to give readers an easy answer to the central dilemma . . . [A] beautifully crafted and stimulating read."
"--Library Journal
""Schlink avoids the easy route of condemnation and salvation . . . The book's real strength is the finely wrought dynamic among the characters, whose relationships and histories are fraught with a powerful sense of tension and possibly untoward potential."
"--Publishers Weekly
"Praise for "The Reader"
"Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally complex . . . Schlink tells this story with marvelous directness and simplicity, his writing stripped bare of any of the standard gimmicks of dramatization."
"--The New York Times
""[A] beautiful, disturbing, and finally morally devastating novel. From the first page, The Reader ensnares both heart and mind."
"--Los Angeles Times
"Praise for "Homecoming"
"Sensitive and disturbing . . . The reader's mind opens to the story like a plant unfurling its leaves to the sun."
"--The New York Times Book Review"
Book Description
From the bestselling author of THE READER, a mesmerising book about love in all its guises.
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- PublisherPhoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1780223293
- ISBN 13 9781780223292
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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