The Body of a Young Man (Paperback)

The surface of a summer's visit has tormented depths and the atmosphere of friendship is agitated by the questions raised. Phyllis Cutler has asked Josh and Lucy Blair to invite her family to Vermont without her husband James' knowledge because he still is terribly concerned over the suicide of one of his most promising students. She thinks the Blairs from their long affection for James can help him lose his miserable guilt but James is not to be seduced by Josh's efforts and when Josh turns on Phyllis, blaming her for making the condition worse by her worry, the situation becomes embarrassing. The freeing of a captured raccoon, an offer of a job for James, the wind up of a day of tree felling, send the Cutlers home with a sense of loss, and leave the Blairs with the knowledge that James is stronger than they. Against the succession of perfect summer days and activities the season of discontent rolls on revealing the loneliness and lacks in human relationships with clean cut ability. Upper level women's market here. (Kirkus Reviews)

James Cutler, a high school physics teacher, is shattered by the suicide of his most promising student. Hoping to gain perspective and peace of mind, he travels with his wife, Phyllis, to Vermont to spend the summer at the farm of old friends, Josh and Lucy Blair. "The Body of a Young Man" is a deeply moving story of four people whose friendship asks more than they can give and offers more than they can take. Only in observing another tragedy does James begin to see vulnerability as a virtue and ambiguity as a source of strength.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	March 1997
Authors:	Mildred Walker
Introduction by:	Sharon Bryan
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-9787-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	0-8032-9787-4
Barcode:	9780803297876

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