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David Leavitt displays his masterful range, his deep emotional intelligence and wit in these nine stories, a cosmopolitan selection set variously over the past century, from fin de siècle London to early-60s Hollywood, from Florida to Rome. Here is a survey of human relationships, from the most intimate to the most unexpected, and human experience, veering from the light into the dark, as in the title story, where a man tries to make sense of his partner's murder, and in “Black Box,” about the alliance of two souls left grieving after a plane crash.
His fourth story collection since he burst onto the scene at age twenty-three, The Marble Quilt shows Leavitt maturing into one of the most accomplished and agile writers of short fiction today.
His fourth story collection since he burst onto the scene at age twenty-three, The Marble Quilt shows Leavitt maturing into one of the most accomplished and agile writers of short fiction today.
David Leavitt displays his masterful range, his deep emotional intelligence and wit in these nine stories, a cosmopolitan selection set variously over the past century, from fin de siècle London to early-60s Hollywood, from Florida to Rome. Here is a survey of human relationships, from the most i...
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David Leavitt's novels include Shelter In Place, The Two Hotel Francforts, The Indian Clerk, and The Lost Language of Cranes. He is also the author of The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Florida and edits the literary magazine Subtropics. davidleavittwriter.com
David Leavitt's novels include Shelter In Place, The Two Hotel Francforts, The Indian Clerk, and The Lost Language of Cranes. He is also the author of The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Distinguished Professor of...
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