Sudden Rain (eBook)

A Novel

Maritta Wolff (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
448 Seiten
Scribner (Verlag)
978-1-4391-2584-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A vivid, gripping, emotional, and addictive read, Sudden Rain is also a rare and valuable portrait of an era: the long-lost final manuscript of Maritta Wolffthe author who, at the age of twenty-two, published what Sinclair Lewis deemed "e;the most important novel of the year,"e; Whistle Stop (1941).Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "e;the Nixon-era precursor to Tom Perrotta's acclaimed novel, Little Children"e; this is a compelling drama that offers great insight into the nature of marriage -- both then and now. Now that Sudden Rain has come out of its hiding place -- in Wolff's refrigerator, found after her death -- it remains gloriously frozen in time. Set in the fall of 1972, the novel perfectly captures, with expansive emotion and cinematic detail, the domestic trends of three generations of middle-class couples living in suburban Los Angeles. A brilliant portrait of its burgeoning era, Sudden Rain also offers striking cultural commentary on our everyday notions of love and marriage; individuality, equality, and community; and the promise and pursuit of the American Dream.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• ISBN-10: 1-4391-2584-8 / 1439125848
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-2584-7 / 9781439125847