The War Between the Tates

Informationen zum Autor Alison Lurie published ten novels, among them Foreign Affairs ( which won the Pulitzer Prize), The Truth About Lorin Jones (winner of the Prix Femina étranger), and The Last Resort. She was also the author of many works of non-fiction, including The Language of Clothes, Don't Tell the Grownups, Familiar Spirits, and two collections of essays and reviews, Reading for Fun and Words and Worlds. She taught literature, folklore and creative writing at Cornell University for many years and was the Whiton Professor of American Literature emerita. She lived in upstate New York but also spent much time in Key West, Florida and in London, all of which provided settings for her fiction. She married the writer Edward Hower, and had three sons and three grandchildren. Alison Lurie died in 2020. Klappentext Brian and Erica Tate appear to have every advantage in life: academic careers, two children, nice friends and money. Things spiral when a protest against a sexist professor at the university ramps up and Brian, hopelessly compromised by split loyalties, gets caught up in the action. Can the Tates marriage survive? Zusammenfassung Brian and Erica Tate appear to have every advantage in life: academic careers, two children, nice friends and money. Things spiral when a protest against a sexist professor at the university ramps up and Brian, hopelessly compromised by split loyalties, gets caught up in the action. Can the Tates marriage survive?

Product details

• Authors: Alison Lurie, Lurie Alison
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 0
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781784876265
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-626-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; USA, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Satire, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1960 to c 1969, FICTION / Feminist, marriage; radio 4; foreign affairs