In Love
Author: Hayes, Alfred
ISBN: 9780241307137
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 196mm x 131mm x 9mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York.
Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York.
In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story- of how he fell into a relationship with a lonely young divorcee; of how one night she was offered a thousand dollars to sleep with a stranger; and of how he and she would subsequently betray each other in turn. In Alfred Hayes's exquisite novella, love - in all its bewildering turns of longing, elation, heartbreak and regret - is dissected with unforgettable honesty and heartbreaking clarity.
ISBN: 9780241307137
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 196mm x 131mm x 9mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York.
Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York.
In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story- of how he fell into a relationship with a lonely young divorcee; of how one night she was offered a thousand dollars to sleep with a stranger; and of how he and she would subsequently betray each other in turn. In Alfred Hayes's exquisite novella, love - in all its bewildering turns of longing, elation, heartbreak and regret - is dissected with unforgettable honesty and heartbreaking clarity.
