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Rupert is an honored American poet; Gemma a retired architect. They live happily and comfortably in a Greenwich Village apartment; the setting, for over thirty years, of their married life. Each with a previous marriage behind them - which left her with two daughters and him with the promise of greatness - they are now facing the challenge of old age together. Both, in their own way, defy the inevitability of death, and yet both are busy preparing for it. The alternating entries of their private journals, which make up the body of Calisher''s text, tell a story of familiarity and the fear of loss, love and uncertainty of the future, meanings and habits. With rare verve and panache, Hortense Calisher has confronted a difficult and often neglected subject - and has triumphed magnificently.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Age
• Subtitle: A Love Story
• Author: Hortense Calisher
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124
• EAN: 9780714530123
• ISBN: 0714530123
• ID: 04645947
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Weight: 159 g
• Dimensions: 222 × 140 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. October 2000

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