Thursday, June 10, 2010

A sharp, sad portrait of the vagaries of the literary life

He's an elderly novelist who never really left a lasting impression on the literary world. She's a naive graduate student, intent on a mission.

Leonard Schiller is in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller’s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life.

When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master’s thesis about Schiller’s work and sets out to meet him—convinced she can bring Schiller back into the literary world’s spotlight—the unexpected consequences of their meeting alter everything in Schiller’s ordered life. What follows is a quasi-romantic friendship and intellectual engagement that investigates the meaning of art, fame, and personal connection.

Written by Brian Morton, Starting Out in the Evening is available today for $4.39.

Click here to purchase Starting Out in the Evening

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