So Long, See You Tomorrow

William Maxwell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Jul '12

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An extraordinary and beautiful novel from one of American's greatest novelists

Discover this extraordinary and beautiful novel from one of America's greatest novelists.

In rural Illinois two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, until jealously leads to murder and suicide.

Discover the tragically beautiful world of So Long, See You Tomorrow, a quietly devastating masterpiece of human frailty and resilience

In the quiet farmlands of Illinois, two lonely teenagers – bound by the burden of their rural lives – forge a delicate friendship. But when jealousy ignites between their farming families, it leads to unthinkable tragedy, and severs their bond forever.

Fifty years later, haunted by the past, the narrator seeks to piece together those harrowing events and find redemption for a lifetime of regret. So Long, See You Tomorrow is a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the enduring quest for forgiveness.

‘One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love’ Michael Ondaatje

One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love - all caught in a clear, simple style in perfect brushstrokes
A truly extraordinary novel... Maxwell has tapped a vein of strange, pure emotion * Mail on Sunday *
So magically deft at being profound...possesses that daunting quality impossible to emulate: it makes greatness seem simple
Maxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity * Observer *
This calm, reflective and extraordinarily beautiful novel offers American fiction at its finest * Irish Times *
Maxwell's voice is one of the wisest in American fiction; it is, as well, one of the kindest
Maxwell is one of the past half-century's unmistakably great novelists * Village Voice *
Maxwell offers us scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of America's twentieth century, and they do not fade * Times Literary Supplement *

ISBN: 9780099560937

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 10mm

Weight: 136g

176 pages