Synopses & Reviews
Its central character is Edward Cavan, a brilliant English professor, who commits suicide. His death sets off a shock wave among Cavan's friends and changes things for some of them forever.
Review
"It is impossible not to be interested in [Sarton's characters] and concerned with what concerns them." The New Yorker
Synopsis
Its central character is Edward Cavan, a brilliant English professor, who commits suicide. His death sets off a shock wave among Cavan's friends and changes things for some of them forever.
Synopsis
Set in the academic world of Harvard and Cambridge, this novel dramatizes the plight of the embattled American liberal in the 1950s.
About the Author
May Sarton (1912-1995) was an acclaimed poet, novelist, and memoirist.