Brief Lives
Author | : Anita Brookner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0241979390 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780241979396 |
Rating | : 4/5 (396 Downloads) |
Download or read book Brief Lives written by Anita Brookner and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fay Langdon has relinquished her singing career to marry Owen, a highly successful solicitor. At one of their dinner parties Fay meets the glamorous, self-obsessed Julia and is destined to join the handful of acolytes who provide Julia with ammunition for her merciless scorn and disapprobation. As the years pass and Fay and Julia's lives grow empty of purpose, they are drawn together by their fear of age and isolation. Yet a mutual mistrust continues to exist between them until Fay is driven to one last heroic act."