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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156030128
ISBN-13
9780156030120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30269902

Product Key Features

Book Title
Window Across the River
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, General, Literary, Romance / General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Author
Brian Morton
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
A
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Isaac and Nora-he's a photographer, she's a writer-were once a couple. After a five-year separation, a late-night telephone call draws them together, but their reunion, as Morton reveals in his affecting third novel, becomes increasingly problematic. Nora is ready to break up with her boyfriend, a professor who wants to become a "public intellectual." Isaac, who always believed that he and Nora were destined for one another, is frustrated by the world's indifference to his photography. What's more, he is about to become a character in one of Nora's unnervingly lifelike short stories. Morton is particularly skilled at describing the sharp rattle of artistic failure, and at bringing to life the streets and rooms of New York, where the fates of his lonely and desperate characters unfold., PRAISE FOR STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING "Nothing less than a triumph." -The New York Times Book Review "Wonderful . . . this is what a novel is supposed to be."-Newsday --, PRAISE FOR A WINDOW ACROSS THE RIVER "[A] story at once joyous, funny and bittersweet, told with delicate artistry and an aching regard for human frailty." -Dan Cryer, Newsday "Terrific . . . A very funny novel about a very serious dilemma." -The Seattle Times, Funny, precise and beautifully written...Morton''s perceptions of the conflicts within the human heart are keen. I loved this book., In A Window Across the River , author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones? Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship. There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out., In A Window Across the River, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones?Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship.There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out., Funny, precise and beautifully written...Morton's perceptions of the conflicts within the human heart are keen. I loved this book., PRAISE FOR STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING "Nothing less than a triumph." -The New York Times Book Review "Wonderful . . . this is what a novel is supposed to be."-Newsday
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
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"A funny, precise and beautifully written novel. I loved this book." --Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
Synopsis
This is the story of Nora and Isaac, once lovers, estranged for five years, and now back in one another's lives. Isaac, a photographer, is dealing with the reality, at 40, that he will probably never be a star artist and is settling down in his comfortable job for a suburban New Jersey newspaper, mentoring students whose future looks brighter than his own. Nora, 9 years younger, has always been his great love, and after a five year hiatus, she's back, still struggling as a writer, still taking care of her aging aunt Billie, still unsure whether or not she can commit to Isaac. The problem is, Nora can't help but write about the people in her life, and although she is kind and sensitive and thoughtful and funny, in her writing she is brutal, and seems unable not to seek out the weakness in her subjects, thereby mortally damaging her relationships. Can this love affair survive the slings and arrows of art?, Isaac and Nora haven't seen each other in five years, yet when Nora phones Isaac late one night, he knows who it is before she's spoken a word. Isaac, a photographer, is relinquishing his artistic career, while Nora, a writer, is seeking to rededicate herself to hers. Fueled by their rediscovered love, Nora is soon on fire with the best work she's ever done, until she realizes that the story she's writing has turned into a fictionalized portrait of Isaac, exposing his frailties and compromises and sure to be viewed by him as a betrayal. How do we remain faithful to our calling if it estranges us from the people we love? How do we remain in love after we have seen the very worst of our loved ones? These are some of the questions explored in a novel that critics are calling "an absolute pleasure" (The Seattle Times).

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