The Page Turner.A new David Leavitt
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961) is an American novelist. Biography Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Leavitt is a graduate of Yale University. novel is a literary event, and The Page Turner (Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers , $24), his third book in a year, delivers. Leavitt once again explores the relationship between a gay man and his mother, this time in the shadow of the classical-music world. With his customary evocative prose and a lyrical continuum of characters (a middle-aged woman, a naive gay boy, a jaded jad·ed adj. 1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" William Styron. 2. queen), Leavitt strikes a note of understanding--of how parents love their children and how our hearts sometimes lead us astray a·stray adv. 1. Away from the correct path or direction. See Synonyms at amiss. 2. Away from the right or good, as in thought or behavior; straying to or into wrong or evil ways. . |
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