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Three Junes
by Julia Glass
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780385721424 |
Awards
Winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction
A New York Times Notable Book for 2002
A New York Times Notable Book for 2002
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
An astonishing first novel that traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises.
In June of 1989 Paul McLeod, a newspaper publisher and recent widower, travels to Greece, where he falls for a young American artist and reflects on the complicated truth about his marriage....Six years later, again in June, Paul's death draws his three grown sons and their families back to their ancestral home. Fenno, the eldest, a wry, introspective gay man, narrates the events of this unforeseen reunion. Far from his straitlaced expatriate life as a bookseller in Greenwich Village, Fenno is stunned by a series of revelations that threaten his carefully crafted defenses....Four years farther on, in yet another June, a chance meeting on the Long Island shore brings Fenno together with Fern Olitsky, the artist who once captivated his father. Now pregnant, Fern must weigh her guilt about the past against her wishes for the future and decide what family means to her. In prose rich with compassion and wit, Three Junes paints a haunting portrait of love's redemptive powers.
Review:
"Readers may be reminded of Evelyn Waugh and, especially, Angus Wilson by the rich characterizations and narrative sweep that grace this fine debut....Glass makes it all work, though the parts are not uniformly credible or compelling. Nevertheless, a rather formidable debut." Kirkus Reviews
Review:
"The artful construction of this seductive novel and the mature, compassionate wisdom permeating it would be impressive for a seasoned writer, but it's all the more remarkable in a debut....In this dazzling portrait of family life, Glass establishes her literary credentials with ingenuity and panache." Publishers Weekly
Review:
"Many undercurrents and emotions run through this mesmerizing novel....Brimming with a marvelous cast of intricate characters set in an assortment of scintillating backdrops, Glass's philosophically introspective novel is highly intelligent and well written." Elsa Gaztambide, Booklist
Review:
"[A] strong and memorable debut novel....Alternately joyful and sad, this exploration of modern relationships and the families people both inherit or create for themselves is highly recommended for all fiction collections." Library Journal
Review:
"A warm, wise debut....Three Junes marks a blessed event for readers of literary fiction everywhere." San Francisco Chronicle
About the Author
Julia Glass was awarded a 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in fiction writing and has won several prizes for her short stories, including three Nelson Algren Awards and the Tobias Wolff Award. "Collies," the first part of Three Junes, won the 1999 Pirate?s Alley Faulkner Society Medal for Best Novella. She lives with her family in New York City, where she works as a freelance journalist and editor.
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dan_at_keele, May 2, 2008 (view all comments by dan_at_keele)
I had to study this novel for my 3rd year course at University, so it did involve disecting it and finding meanings and such, but that aside I really enjoyed the book as a good read. The cover gives off the effect of a "holiday" type book, reading by the pool or sunbathing on a beach, and I think this is what the book is good for. Although addressing hot topic issues such as homosexuality and AIDS, the interpretations are fairly cliché, and it is one of those "happy everything tied together" type of endings, but as I said it is a good read, nothing more and nothing less. There are three seperate books within the novel, and within those books there are tw writing times, a past and the present. This really keeps you on your toes as you're reading it, and reminded me of a Dan Brown style of writing.
4/5: It is a tad cliché, but an enjoyable read!
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Dina, November 25, 2007 (view all comments by Dina)
I love this book! It is so beautifully written and the characters are people you are interested in and want to keep following when the book is over. The book has three sections, each set in June. The stories of the characters all eventually connect. One of the characters, Fenno, makes a cameo appearance in Glass' next book The Whole World Over.
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Meghan, December 17, 2006 (view all comments by Meghan)
Julia Glass' Three Junes is the best book I have read in the last five years. It is beautifully written such that the characters and their struggles and triumphs have lingered with me for years. It is the singular book I have recommended the most and it doesn't disappoint!
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780385721424
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Anchor Books
- Author:
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Scotland
- Subject:
- Fathers and sons
- Subject:
- Gay men
- Subject:
- Psychological fiction
- Subject:
- Long island
- Subject:
- Scots
- Subject:
- Domestic fiction
- Copyright:
- 2003
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Edition Description:
- 1st Anchor Books ed.
- Series Volume:
- 76-9
- Publication Date:
- April 22, 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 8.10x5.16x.78 in. .59 lbs.
