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Zusatztext "This intricate! emotionally layered novel is one of the best I've read in years?brilliant! soul-wrenching! heart-penetrating." Informationen zum Autor Christopher Bram is the author of eight other novels, including Gods and Monsters (originally titled Father of Frankenstein ), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Bram was a 2001 Guggenheim Fellow and received the 2003 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Zack Knowles, a psychologist, and Daniel Wexler, an art teacher at a college in Virginia, have been together for twenty-one years. In the fall of 2002, a few months before the Iraq War, a new artist in residence, Abbas Rohani, arrives with his Russian wife, Elena, and their two children. But Abbas is not quite what he seems, and he begins an affair with Daniel. Soon politics intrude upon two families thrown together by love, threatening the future of both in ways no one could have predicted.A novel that explores how the personal becomes political, Exiles in America offers an intimate look at the meaning of marriage, gay and straight. Zusammenfassung Zack Knowles! a psychologist! and Daniel Wexler! an art teacher at a college in Virginia! have been together for twenty-one years. In the fall of 2002! a few months before the Iraq War! a new artist in residence! Abbas Rohani! arrives with his Russian wife! Elena! and their two children. But Abbas is not quite what he seems! and he begins an affair with Daniel. Soon politics intrude upon two families thrown together by love! threatening the future of both in ways no one could have predicted. A novel that explores how the personal becomes political! Exiles in America offers an intimate look at the meaning of marriage! gay and straight.
