内容简介
This masterly volume comprises the best shorter fiction
written by Just over the last 25 years. "The working life, the war,
politics, love affairs, and marriage seem to be the waters in which
my boats set sail," Just writes. Here is a generous selection of
the work that has earned Just his reputation as "one of the most
astute writers of American fiction."
作者简介
Ward Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including
the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished
Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Award. In a
career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the
Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen
countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters
often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers,
artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and
private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including
Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their
time between Martha’s Vineyard and Paris.