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Love: A Story

Bill Smoot

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Description:Novels are important markers of culture and the passage of time, and not just because of the ways they entertain us. On a large scale, the novel as an art form explores the themes of our existence. Bill Smoot, in his debut novel, Love: A Story (Adelaide Books), has written a masterfully original examination of the choices that comprise a life. Smoot makes it clear that he explicitly understands this higher purpose—and he’s willing to show the work. Luckily, for his readers, the book isn’t only a philosophical musing on life and relationships. It is also a compelling and intimate story about the relationship between two people—and the ups and downs therein—that’s wholly relatable and engrossing. Love begins as Michael, a forty-year-old prep school teacher in Berkeley, is driving home from school and sees a baby stroller rolling down the street toward him. He slams on the brakes, jumps out of his car, and catches the stroller. The moment is symbolic: His wife is about to become pregnant and he wants to be a father more than anything in the world. The narrative moves back to meeting his wife four years earlier, when she is a young Singaporean-American, a nude model and a student in the chemistry Ph.D. program at Berkeley. They fall in love and marry. At the wedding, his friends are concerned about the age difference but agree that these two could “make this crazy thing work.” She struggles to heal her childhood wounds as an immigrant in America while he wishes to recreate the warmth of his small-town boyhood. The novel follows the development of their relationship and the decision each makes about whether to remain committed to a marriage that is less than perfect. At every turn, the decisions the characters make are laden with possibilities either emerging or fading. With a deft hand, Smoot asks us to consider the nature of love, life, and storytelling. “Life is a story, and living is really a kind of storytelling,” says Smoot. “The last part of Love suggests that the book Michael begins to write is the book the reader is reading, and readers will be left to wonder whether or not the action is ‘real’ or if it’s part of the ‘story’.” Fans of books in the tradition of Milan Kundara—intelligent books that simultaneously entertain and challenge readers—will be energized by this unique and exciting debut novel.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love: A Story. To get started finding Love: A Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Novels are important markers of culture and the passage of time, and not just because of the ways they entertain us. On a large scale, the novel as an art form explores the themes of our existence. Bill Smoot, in his debut novel, Love: A Story (Adelaide Books), has written a masterfully original examination of the choices that comprise a life. Smoot makes it clear that he explicitly understands this higher purpose—and he’s willing to show the work. Luckily, for his readers, the book isn’t only a philosophical musing on life and relationships. It is also a compelling and intimate story about the relationship between two people—and the ups and downs therein—that’s wholly relatable and engrossing. Love begins as Michael, a forty-year-old prep school teacher in Berkeley, is driving home from school and sees a baby stroller rolling down the street toward him. He slams on the brakes, jumps out of his car, and catches the stroller. The moment is symbolic: His wife is about to become pregnant and he wants to be a father more than anything in the world. The narrative moves back to meeting his wife four years earlier, when she is a young Singaporean-American, a nude model and a student in the chemistry Ph.D. program at Berkeley. They fall in love and marry. At the wedding, his friends are concerned about the age difference but agree that these two could “make this crazy thing work.” She struggles to heal her childhood wounds as an immigrant in America while he wishes to recreate the warmth of his small-town boyhood. The novel follows the development of their relationship and the decision each makes about whether to remain committed to a marriage that is less than perfect. At every turn, the decisions the characters make are laden with possibilities either emerging or fading. With a deft hand, Smoot asks us to consider the nature of love, life, and storytelling. “Life is a story, and living is really a kind of storytelling,” says Smoot. “The last part of Love suggests that the book Michael begins to write is the book the reader is reading, and readers will be left to wonder whether or not the action is ‘real’ or if it’s part of the ‘story’.” Fans of books in the tradition of Milan Kundara—intelligent books that simultaneously entertain and challenge readers—will be energized by this unique and exciting debut novel.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love: A Story. To get started finding Love: A Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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