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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Memory of Warby Frederick Busch
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A multilayered love story that affirms Frederick Busch's reputation as a writer of "sublimely dark work of almost unbearable beauty" (Wall Street Journal). Psychologist Alexander Lescziak savors a life of quiet sophistication on Manhattan's Upper West Side, turning a blind eye to the past of his Polish émigré parents. Then a new patient declares that he is the doctor's half-brother, the product of a union between Lescziak's Jewish mother and a German prisoner of war. The confrontation jolts Lescziak out of his complacency: suddenly, his failing marriage, his wife's infatuation with his best friend, and the disappearance of his young lover and suicidal patient, Nella, close in on him. Lescziak escapes into the recesses of his imagination, where his mother's affair with the German prisoner comes to life in precise, gorgeous detail. The novel unfolds into a romance set in England's Lake District in wartime, as Busch shows how our past presses on the present. Review:"A masterful storyteller." The New York Times Book Review Synopsis:Psychologist Alexander Lescziak has a life of quiet sophistication, until a new patient declares that he is the doctor's half-brother, the product of a union between Lescziak's Jewish mother and a German prisoner of war. About the AuthorFrederick Busch's most recent novel is The Night Inspector, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in upstate New York. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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