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Shipwreck Paperback - 2004 - 2004th Edition
by Louis Begley
Written as a hypnotic and serpentine confession, "Shipwreck" is a mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed author of "Wartime Lies" and "About Schmidt."
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A mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed author of Wartime Lies" and About Schmidt."
John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly beset by dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless hours and bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious cafe called L'Entre Deux Mondes, he recounts, in counterpoint to his doubts, the one story he has never told before, perhaps the only important one he will ever tell. North's chosen interlocutor-who could be his doppelganger-is transfixed by the revelations and becomes the narrator of North's tale.
North has always been faithful to his wife, Lydia, but when one of his novels achieves a special success, he allows himself a dalliance with Lea, a starstruck young journalist. Coolly planning to make sure that his life with Lydia will not be disturbed, North is taken off guard when Lea becomes obsessed with him and he with her elaborate erotic games. As the hypnotic and serpentine confession unfurls, we gradually discover the extraordinary lengths to which North has gone to indulge a powerful desire for self-destruction.
Shipwreck is a daring parable of the contradictory impulses that can rend a single soul-narcissism and self-loathing, refinement and lust.
John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly beset by dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless hours and bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious cafe called L'Entre Deux Mondes, he recounts, in counterpoint to his doubts, the one story he has never told before, perhaps the only important one he will ever tell. North's chosen interlocutor-who could be his doppelganger-is transfixed by the revelations and becomes the narrator of North's tale.
North has always been faithful to his wife, Lydia, but when one of his novels achieves a special success, he allows himself a dalliance with Lea, a starstruck young journalist. Coolly planning to make sure that his life with Lydia will not be disturbed, North is taken off guard when Lea becomes obsessed with him and he with her elaborate erotic games. As the hypnotic and serpentine confession unfurls, we gradually discover the extraordinary lengths to which North has gone to indulge a powerful desire for self-destruction.
Shipwreck is a daring parable of the contradictory impulses that can rend a single soul-narcissism and self-loathing, refinement and lust.
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- Title Shipwreck
- Author Louis Begley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2004th
- Edition 2004
- Pages 255
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
- Date 2004-09-28
- ISBN 9780345464095 / 0345464095
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.86 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (19.96 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004093450
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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