Love Begins in Winter : Five Stories
by Simon Van Booy 2020-08-26 19:43:43
image1
“Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart, and he articulates those truths in his stories with pitch-perfect elegance. Love Begins in Winter is a splendid collection, and Van Booy is now a writer on my mus... Read more
“Simon Van Booy knows a great deal about the complex longings of the human heart, and he articulates those truths in his stories with pitch-perfect elegance. Love Begins in Winter is a splendid collection, and Van Booy is now a writer on my must-always-read list.” — Robert Olen Butler, Pulitizer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain and SeveranceA new collection of stories from award-winning writer Simon Van Booy that explores the beauty of connection and the anguish of loss.In Love Begins in Winter, Simon Van Booy offers intimate scenes of tragic loss, redemptive tales of unlikely connection, and breathtaking moments that never really end. These stories, set around the world, are a perfect synthesis of grace, intensity, atmosphere, and compassion.From a famous French cellist who heals the heart of a lost woman to a suitor who polishes eggs, from heroic gypsies to generous gondoliers who can sing, Van Booy writes eloquently about the difficult choices we make in order to maintain our humanity. Less
  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • ISBN
  • 7.96x5.56x0.66inches
  • 226
  • Harper Perennial
  • May 1, 2009
  • 9780061661471
Simon Van Booy is the award-winning and best-selling author of seven books of fiction, and three anthologies of philosophy. He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, NPR, and the BBC...
Compare Prices
image
Paperback
Available Discount
No Discount available
Related Books