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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
April 11, 2005
Pages
313
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780151007271
ISBN-10
0151007276
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8 in.
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$24.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
His optimism about life shattered after a visit to an African massacre site, London photojournalist Clem Glass falls into a deep depression and withdraws from everyone except his mentally troubled sister, whom he nurses back to health, until an opportunity arises to confront his own demons. By the author of Casanova in Love.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Clem Glass was a successful photojournalist, firm in the belief that photographs could capture truth and beauty. Until he went to Africa and witnessed the aftermath of a genocidal massacre.
Clem returns to London with his faith in human nature shattered and his life derailed. Nothing-work, love, sex- can rouse his interest and no other outlook can restore his faith. The one person Clem is able to connect with is his sister, who has made her own sudden retreat from reality into the shadows of mental illness, and he finds some peace nursing her back to health in rural Somerset. Then news arrives that offers him the chance to confront the source of his nightmares.
From the celebrated author of Ingenious Pain and Oxygen, this is a masterfully rendered novel that explores the peril-ously thin line between self-delusion and optimism.
Clem returns to London with his faith in human nature shattered and his life derailed. Nothing-work, love, sex- can rouse his interest and no other outlook can restore his faith. The one person Clem is able to connect with is his sister, who has made her own sudden retreat from reality into the shadows of mental illness, and he finds some peace nursing her back to health in rural Somerset. Then news arrives that offers him the chance to confront the source of his nightmares.
From the celebrated author of Ingenious Pain and Oxygen, this is a masterfully rendered novel that explores the peril-ously thin line between self-delusion and optimism.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Houghton Mifflin (April 11, 2005)
9780151007271 | details & prices | 313 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Depressed after a visit to an African massacre site, London photojournalist Clem Glass withdraws from everyone except his mentally troubled sister, whom he nurses back to health, until an opportunity arises to confront his own demons.
About: Depressed after a visit to an African massacre site, London photojournalist Clem Glass withdraws from everyone except his mentally troubled sister, whom he nurses back to health, until an opportunity arises to confront his own demons.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (April 10, 2006); titled "Optimists"
9780156030557 | details & prices | 313 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Clem Glass was a successful photojournalist, firm in the belief that photographs could capture truth and beauty.
About: Clem Glass was a successful photojournalist, firm in the belief that photographs could capture truth and beauty.
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