Henry dorn has spent years building a family, but it only. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jeffrey lent is one of our finest novelists, and after youve gone delivers a tale that beautifully charts the sweep of a life, the grim reach of a war, and the discoveryand loss. In after you ve gone, a historical novel set in nova scotia, new york, and amsterdam, jeffrey lent beautifully charts the sweep of a life and the discoveryand lossof lifedefining love. A slant of light jeffrey lent 9781620404966 netgalley. Jeffrey lent is one of our finest novelists, and after you ve gone delivers a tale that beautifully charts the sweep of a life, the grim reach of a war, and the discoveryand lossof lifedefining love. See all books authored by jeffrey lent, including in the fall, and lost nation, and more on. After youve gone by jeffrey lent, 9780802144553, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. After youve gone book columbus metropolitan library. The woman with whom he fell in love in the first blush of youth, who has been his perfect mate. Published by atlantic monthly press,distributed by publishers group west 2009 isbn 10. Jeffrey lent is one of our finest novelists, and after youve gone delivers a tale that beautifully charts the sweep of a life, the grim reach of a war, and the discoveryand lossof lifedefining love. After you ve gone after you ve gone in paperback, it is a moving, sublime love story set in the cataclysmic decades around the turn of the twentieth century.
It takes place where he grew up in nova scotia, and follows his travels to new york and amsterdam. Nothing could have prepared him for the young woman he mets on the ship. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Discount prices on books by jeffrey lent, including titles like before we sleep thorndike press large print basic series. Jeffrey lent introduction of so the wind wont blow it all away. Henry dorn, 55, has come to amsterdam in 1922, 18 months after the death of his beloved wife olivia and troubled son robert in. Oct 28, 2008 in after you ve gone, a historical novel set in nova scotia, new york, and amsterdam, jeffrey lent beautifully charts the sweep of a life and the discoveryand lossof lifedefining love. Henry dorn has spent years building a family, but it o. Jo hale tries to warn daughter ruth that dreamy, melancholic oliver is unlikely to come back whole, and her warnings are borne out by the postwar silences that fester between the couple even though they love. After youve gone is a different kind of story than id usually be drawn to. Mar 06, 2009 after youve gone a college professor travels abroad after the untimely deaths of his wife and son. After youve gone in paperback, it is a moving, sublime love story set in the cataclysmic decades around the turn of the twentieth century.
Author site home books authors thoughts links images of home bloomsbury publishing. Henry dorn, 55, has come to amsterdam in 1922, 18 months after the death of his beloved wife olivia and troubled son robert in an automobile accident. In after youve gone, lent explores it through fiction. Lent lives with his wife and two daughters in central vermont. At its core, after youve gone is a character study of protagonist henry dorn, a likable, introverted man whose reflections seem more. Jeffrey lent griefs response after youve gone by jeffrey lent if love had a language, hed realized it would be this, not words or gestures but the mellifluous richness hed heard that summer evening, anchored between the pair of violins and the bass. In after youve gone, a historical novel set in nova scotia, new york, and amsterdam, jeffrey lent beautifully charts the sweep of a life and the discoveryand lossof lifedefining love. Jan 14, 2010 after youve gone by jeffrey lent, 9780802144553, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. First edition, first printing with full number line. A novel paperback december 29, 2009 by jeffrey lent author. Jeffrey lent is one of our finest novelists and in after youve gone he has delivered a masterpiece.
Abruptly widowed of the love of his life, henry buys a steamer ticket for amsterdam, the city. After youve gone by jeffrey lent overdrive rakuten. His first novel, in the fall, was a national bestseller. Abruptly widowed of the love of his life, henry buys a steamer ticket for amsterdam, the city of his heritage, hoping to start life anew. Jeffrey lent was born in vermont and grew up there and in western new york state. I read, in the fall and then, lost nation, and since i loved them both ive been inspired to snatch up any book by jeffrey lent. In after youve gone, a historical novel set in nova scotia, new york, and amsterdam, jeffrey lent beautifully charts the sweep of a life and the discovery and loss of lifedefining love.
He lived for many years in north carolina, an enriching and formative experience. I was reminded of gilead, by marilynne robinson an older male narrator looking back at his life, his love, his family. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint. Attempting to leave tragedy behind and start anew, he boards a steamer for amsterdam in the spring of 1922, a year after losing his wife in a car wreck. After youve gone takes place at the beginning of the twentieth century and spans a number of years in the life of henry dorn. His other novels are lost nation, a peculiar grace, after youve gone, and a slant of light, which was a finalist for the new england book award and a washington post best book of 2015. Jeffrey lent is a bestselling author of literary fiction author from that has been compared to william faulkner. Jeffrey lent was born in vermont and grew up there and in western new york state, on dairy farms powered mainly by draft horses. His other novels are lost nation, a peculiar grace, and after youve gone. Henry dorn has spent years building a family, but it only takes a single afternoon for it to fall apart. After youve gone, and a slant of light, which was a finalist for the new england book award and a washington post best book of 2015.
After youve gone after youve gone in paperback, it is a moving, sublime love story set in the cataclysmic decades around the turn of the twentieth century. In her book, solnit explores the question philosophically. Jeffrey lent henry dorn, recently widowed, decides to travel to amsterdam by ship, but an encounter with lydia pearce, a young woman on the ship, leads to an unexpected romantic affair that troubles henrys. After you ve gone, a peculiar grace, lost nation, and in the fall, which was a national best seller.
After youve gone by jeffrey lent atlantic monthly press 272 pp. Unread near fine book with bumped spine ends in near fine dust jacket. His other novels are lost nation, a peculiar grace, after youve gone, and a slant of light, which was a finalist for the new england book award and a. Sep 12, 2017 griefs response after youve gone by jeffrey lent if love had a language, hed realized it would be this, not words or gestures but the mellifluous richness hed heard that summer evening, anchored between the pair of violins and the bass.
More strong, thoughtful fiction from lent a peculiar grace, 2007, etc. Jeffrey lents fourth novel, after youve gone is a restrained, searching story, starting with the title updated mar 28, 2019. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with delivery. Lent, a quietly bold writer who rarely takes the expected path, makes this novel as much about mothers and daughters as about men and war. After youve gone, a peculiar grace, lost nation, and in the fall, which was a national best seller. He studied literature and psychology at franconia college in new hampshire and suny purchase. Jeffrey lent introduction of so the wind wont blow it. Jeffrey lent henry dorn has spent years building a family, but it only takes a single afternoon for it to fall apart. But henry never anticipated the fiery, selfsufficient lydia pearce, one of a new generation.
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