The Sorrows of an American (Paperback)

After their father's funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from an unknown woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York, Erik sets about reading his father's memoir, hoping to discover the man he never fully understood. At the same time, another woman enters Erik's lonely, divorced life - a beautiful Jamaican who moves into his garden flat with her small daughter. As Erik gets drawn into the cat-and-mouse tactics of someone who appears to be stalking her, he finds out that his sister Inga is also being threatened, by a journalist in possession of a wounding secret from her past. A multi-layered novel that probes the mysteries of the heart and mind, THE SORROWS OF AN AMERICAN is compulsive, thought-provoking and profoundly affecting.

General

Imprint:	Sceptre
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2009
Authors:	Siri Hustvedt
Dimensions:	198 x 186 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-89708-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-340-89708-2
Barcode:	9780340897089

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