A new novel deals with an intellectual abstraction- the forfeit of
liberal courage and conviction- in civilized terms and through the
medium of the suicide of Edward Cavan, a Hervard Professor and a
militant idealist. Intense, and intensely lonely, remote, and still
following a pattern set in a childhood of rejection, Edward is seen
through the eyes of a few just before and after his death:- his
friend, Damon, who had retracted on the principle at the foundation
of civil liberties in the fear of the Communist label- which was in
a sense to Edward a personal betrayal; his sister Isabel, who had
never understood his all??tion from her- and their family; a
student, a great scholar, and an old friend- the daughter of a
former Harvard dean. But his influence lives on in action as well
as memory as a few years later, when academic as well as civil
freedom is threatened by a Committee hearing- Damon stands up and
defends the concept for which Edward had died.... This has none of
the graceful, romantic properties of A Shower of Summer Days, but
is a thoughtful rather than forceful perspective of individuals and
issues. (Kirkus Reviews)
A Novel
Set in the academic world of Harvard and Cambridge, this novel dramatizes the plight of the embattled American liberal in the 1950s. Its central character is Edward Cavan, a brilliant English professor, who commits suicide. His death sets off a shock wave among Cavan's friends and changes things for some of them forever.
"It is impossible not to be interested in [Sarton's characters] and concerned with what concerns them."—The New Yorker
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