Book
3 of 3 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
- OSHTEMO: Adult Stacks
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Adult Stacks
Trajectory
Call Number
- FICTION RUSS (CEN, OSH, WSQ)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Physical Description
243 pages ; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"In this pair of novellas and two stories, Russo's characters bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we're familiar with from most of his novels. In "Horseman," a tenured professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches--"And after that, who knew?" In "Intervention," a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father's shadow while he presses forward, or not. In "Voice," a semi-retired English professor is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications en route. And in "Milton and Marcus," a lapsed novelist is struggling with his wife's illness and trying to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he's called to an aging, iconic star's mountaintop in Wyoming"--
Notes
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Horseman
- Voice
- Intervention
- Milton and Marcus.