Long Distances - Softcover

Fabienne Marsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671674005 ISBN 13: 9780671674007

Publisher: Washington Square Pr, 1989

Synopsis

The Hammonds are taking a stab at transatlantic love. Michael is off to London on a year's sabbatical to finish a book of poetry. His wife, Kate, a television producer, jousts with the hazards of New York, their two children and Bill's predatory academic colleague, Bill.

About this title

About the Author

Fabienne Marsh is the author of three novels and numerous works of non-fiction. Her film credits have appeared on dozens of documentary films and she has taught writing at both Johns Hopkins University and the University of Minnesota.

Reviews

A self-indulgent English professor goes to London for a year's sabbatical, severely straining his marriage as his wife is left to care for their children and manage her own career as a documentary filmmaker. "This epistolary novel depicting a modern marriage succeeds in holding the reader's interest," declared PW .
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Columbia University, Philosophy Hall

Dear Kate,

Enjoyed our brief encounter a few weeks ago, even if it did serve to remind me that poets get all the girls.

I've been reading Eileen Simpson's book, Poet's in Their Youth, and find myself wholly absorbed. She was John Berryman's first wife, and fondly recalls him (an alcoholic suicide), R. P. Blackmur (both he and his wife alcoholics), Robert Lowell (certified manic depressive), Delmore Schwartz (alcoholic paranoid), Randall Jarrell (almost normal), and Allen Tate (womanizer). Tate was the oldest and outlived the rest, which shows that fornication is healthier than drinking.

Give me a call if you're lonely. Don't know why Michael chose to spend his sabbatical year in England to finish the book. Distance erodes relationships.

Semper Fidelis, Bill

Edition details

• Publisher: Washington Square Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671674005
• ISBN 13: 9780671674007
• Binding: Paperback