Reunion - Softcover

Lightman, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747566453 ISBN 13: 9780747566458

Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

Synopsis

At fifty-two, Charles is a professor at a minor 'leafy little college', a once promising poet, divorced, admiring of passion but without passion himself. Out of impulse, he decides to attend his thirtieth college reunion - and there magically witnesses a replay of his last year in college. Thirty years ago, Charles, then a romantic and tender twenty-two year-old, had fallen obsessively in love with a beautiful dancer. Drawn back into his past like a moth to a flame, he recalls his love affair played out amidst the social and political chaos of the late 1960s. Struggling with memories that often appear contradictory, Charles confronts once again the series of devastating events that forever changed his life.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

w York Times has called Alan Lightman “highly original and imaginative.” Each of his novels is a new exploration of that imagination, utterly unlike the others. Einstein’s Dreams, an international best-seller, was a whimsical and provocative tone poem about time. The Diagnosis, hailed by the Washington Post as a “major accomplishment” and a finalist for the National Book Award, was a disturbing examination of our obsession with speed, information, and money, and the resulting poverty of our spiritual lives. Lightman’s new novel, Reunion, is a delicate and haunting story of how we shape our identity through memory.

Charles is a middle-aged professor at a minor liberal-arts college, a once promising poet, admiring of passion but without passion himself. Without knowing why, he decides to attend his thirtieth college reunion. And there, he magically witnesses a replay of his senior year.

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About the Author

Alan Lightman was born in Memphis Tennessee, and educated at Princeton and the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include three novels, EINSTEIN'S DREAMS, GOOD BENITO, and THE DIAGNOSIS; a collection of essays and fables, DANCE FOR TWO; and several book on science. He is an adjunct professor of humanities at MIT. He lives in Boston.

Edition details

• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE +
• ISBN 10: 0747566453
• ISBN 13: 9780747566458
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English