by Susan Sontag
First published 1991
In contemporary New York, a web of interconnected lives unravels. Aging widow Caroline Grau navigates her twilight years with growing isolation. Callow financier Roger Wendall pursues wealth and status at any cost. As their paths cross, Sontag's unflinching eye reveals the spiritual emptiness at the heart of their society. Beneath the veneer of progress, a profound moral crisis festers. Sontag's trenchant social critique lays bare the corrosive effects of greed, cynicism, and moral abdication on the human spirit.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, social-issues, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: interconnected-lives, social-commentary
Setting: United States
Period: 20th Century
30 pages · Paperback · Noonday Pr