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Altered States

By Anita Brookner

Altered States

By Anita Brookner

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Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, remembers back to a time when he stepped briefly out of character to indulge in a liaison with Sarah Miller, an intriguing but heartless distant relative--only to find himself in a series of absurd situations that culminated in his marriage to Sarah's clinging, childlike friend Angela. With her compassionate portrait of a man who has paid a terrible price for his folly, Anita Brookner gives us a novel that it at once harrowing and humane. In the traditions of Henry James and Thomas Mann, Altered States is a beautifully rendered tale of loneliness, guilt, and erotic obsession.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
242
Release Date:
1998-01-12
Publication Date:
1998-01-12
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679773258
ISBN13:
9780679773252
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
307 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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