Oxygen
Miller, Andrew , 1961-
Oxygen / Andrew Miller. - 1st U.S. ed - New York : Harcourt , c2001. - 323 p. ; 21 cm.
It is the summer of 1997. In England, Alec Valentine is returning home to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, knowing it will be hard to conceal that his acting career is sliding toward sleaze and his marriage is faltering. In Paris, on the other hand, the Hungarian exile László Lázár, whose play Alec is translating, seems to have it all--a comfortable home, critical acclaim, a loving boyfriend, and a close circle of friends. Yet he cannot shake off the memories of the 1956 uprising and the cry for help he left unanswered. As these unforgettable characters soon learn, the moment has come to assess the turns taken and the opportunities missed. For each of them will soon take part in acts of liberation, even if they are not necessarily what they might have expected. Evoking an extraordinary range of emotions and insights, Oxygen lives and breathes beyond the final page.
9780151007219
2001051459
Terminally ill----Fiction
Hungarians----France----Fiction
Mothers and sons----Fiction
Translators---Fiction
Dramatists----Fiction
Actors----Fiction
Paris (France)----Fiction
England----Fiction
Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
PR6063.I3564 / O99 2001
FIC MIL
Oxygen / Andrew Miller. - 1st U.S. ed - New York : Harcourt , c2001. - 323 p. ; 21 cm.
It is the summer of 1997. In England, Alec Valentine is returning home to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, knowing it will be hard to conceal that his acting career is sliding toward sleaze and his marriage is faltering. In Paris, on the other hand, the Hungarian exile László Lázár, whose play Alec is translating, seems to have it all--a comfortable home, critical acclaim, a loving boyfriend, and a close circle of friends. Yet he cannot shake off the memories of the 1956 uprising and the cry for help he left unanswered. As these unforgettable characters soon learn, the moment has come to assess the turns taken and the opportunities missed. For each of them will soon take part in acts of liberation, even if they are not necessarily what they might have expected. Evoking an extraordinary range of emotions and insights, Oxygen lives and breathes beyond the final page.
9780151007219
2001051459
Terminally ill----Fiction
Hungarians----France----Fiction
Mothers and sons----Fiction
Translators---Fiction
Dramatists----Fiction
Actors----Fiction
Paris (France)----Fiction
England----Fiction
Psychological fiction
Domestic fiction
PR6063.I3564 / O99 2001
FIC MIL
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