Name: The Body Politic, Paperback/Brian Platzer
Brand: Washington Square Press
Price: 109.99 RON
Availability: InStock

Descriere & specificații

In the bestselling tradition of The Interestings and A Little Life , this "cleverly constructed and emotionally compelling" (Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculation ) novel follows four longtime friends as they navigate love, commitment, and forgiveness while the world around them changes beyond recognition--from the author of the "savvy, heartfelt, and utterly engaging" (Alice McDermott) Bed-Stuy Is Burning . New York City is still regaining its balance in the years following September 11, when four twenty-somethings--Tess, Tazio, David, and Angelica--meet in a bar, each yearning for something: connection, recognition, a place in the world, a cause to believe in. Nearly fifteen years later, as their city recalibrates in the wake of the 2016 election, their bond has endured--but almost everything else has changed. As freshmen at Cooper Union, Tess and Tazio were the ambitious, talented future of the art world--but by thirty-six, Tess is married to David, the mother of two young boys, and working as an understudy on Broadway. Kind and steady, David is everything Tess lacked in her own childhood--but a recent freak accident has left him with befuddling symptoms, and she's still adjusting to her new role as caretaker. Meanwhile, Tazio--who once had a knack for earning the kind of attention that Cooper Union students long for--has left the art world for a career in creative branding and politics. But in December 2016, fresh off the astonishing loss of his candidate, Tazio is adrift, a