Either Side of Winter

Either Side of Winter

by Benjamin Markovits (Author)

Synopsis

In Fall we see the tentative beginnings of an unlikely romance - between schoolteacher Amy and drifting former graduate, Charles. In Winter we hear how her colleague Howard learns, seventeen years too late, that he has a daughter following a brief fling with collegemate Annie. Spring and Summer tell the story of his daughter's friend Rachel's relationships with her literature teacher, Stuart, and her dying father Reuben. Executed with exquisite sympathy, tenderness and emotional nuance, Either Side of Winter is a moving and elegiac picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance, community - and a need to be loved.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 17 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0571226663
ISBN 13: 9780571226665
Book Overview: Either Side of Winter by Benjamin Markovits is a romantic novel set over four seasons in Manhattan and a high school campus between a group of friends.

Media Reviews
'There is a deeply flowing harmony between his characters' emotional states and their surroundings... Markovits' most remarkable achievement is to give them rich, darkly shaded inner lives.' Jonathan Beckman, Observer 'It is difficult to overstress the depth and intelligence, the achievement of this book... It is very human, astonishing, superb; and, what is more important, sublime.' Todd McEwen, Guardian
Author Bio
Benjamin Markovits is twenty-nine, and The Syme Papers is his first novel. Originally from Texas, he now lives in London and writes for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.