Subtle Bodies

Author(s): Norman Rush

SECONDHAND BOOKS | Literary Fiction

Ned and Nina are trying to conceive, so when Ned jets off with no notice to the funeral of Douglas, a mysterious friend from his student days, Nina follows him so they can have sex on time. Douglas was the ringleader of a fellowship of chums at NYU and Nina is baffled by the extraordinary hold the group - and Douglas in particular - have on Ned. The novel explores the reconfiguring and reappraisal of the clique following Douglas's tragic death. Subtle Bodies asks why we make the friends we do, why we keep them and how we make sense of our personal histories. It is a wise, funny and keenly observed portrayal of shifting relationships and new truths emerging from old certainties. Like all of Rush's work it embodies the dictum 'fiction is truth told excessively and beautifully'. It is a warm-hearted and pitch-perfect master class in the art of the novel.

2013. A trade paperback copy in fine condition.

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NORMAN RUSH is the author of three previous books; Whites, Mating (winner of the National Book Award) and Mortals. He worked in the peace corps in Botswana and now lives in upstate New York.

General Fields

  • : 9781847088772
  • : Granta Books
  • : Granta Books
  • : 01 August 2013
  • : 213mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 November 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 256
  • : 2013
  • : Paperback
  • : Norman Rush