Author : David Leavitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620407094
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)
Book Synopsis The Marble Quilt by : David Leavitt
Download or read book The Marble Quilt written by David Leavitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Leavitt displays his masterful range, his deep emotional intelligence and wit in these nine stories, a cosmopolitan selection set variously over the past century, from fin de siècle London to early-60s Hollywood, from Florida to Rome. Here is a survey of human relationships, from the most intimate to the most unexpected, and human experience, veering from the light into the dark, as in the title story, where a man tries to make sense of his partner's murder, and in “Black Box,” about the alliance of two souls left grieving after a plane crash. His fourth story collection since he burst onto the scene at age twenty-three, The Marble Quilt shows Leavitt maturing into one of the most accomplished and agile writers of short fiction today.