The aloof and enigmatic Constance Schuyler lives alone in Manhattan when she meets Sidney Klein, a professor of poetry twenty years her senior, at a literary party. A few weeks later, he proposes marriage and Constance accepts, moving into his dark, book-filled apartment.
But Constance is tortured by a bitter past. When her father makes a devastating revelation, Constance''s fragile psyche suffers a profound shock. Her marriage, already tottering, threatens to collapse completely. Sidney can only watch and wait, doubting his own moral strength. Constance''s consolation is the friendship of Sidney''s boy Howard, a strange, delicate child, not unlike Constance herself...
A compelling story of a troubled marriage and a damaged family, Constance is also a tale of resilience and loyalty, and of the sudden unexpected glimpse of moral inspiration in the midst of crisis that can lead even the most lost of souls back to the light.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781408843321
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/05/2014
Año de edición: 2014
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
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Escrito por Patrick McGrath
Patrick McGrath nació en Londres en 1950. Es autor de dos libros de relatos y nueve novelas, entre ellas, Grotesco (adaptación cinematográfica de John-Paul Davidson), Spider (adaptación cinematográfica de David Cronenberg), Dr. Haggard's disease, La historia de Martha Peake, Locura(adaptación cinematográfica de David MacKenzie), Port Mungo, Trauma y Constance, publicados en Literatura Random House y DeBolsillo. Patrick McGrath forma parte de la generación de autores literarios más interesantes de los últimos años, entre los que destacan Ian McEwan o Martin Amis. La encargada de vestuario es su última novela.