description: Against the backdrop of World War II, The World in the Evening charts the emotional development of Stephen Monk, an aimless Englishman living in California. After his second marriage suddenly ends, Stephen finds himself living with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town, haunted by memories of his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands. The world traveler comes to a gradual understanding of himself and of his newly adopted homeland.
language: English
title: The World in the Evening
titlecomplete: The World in the Evening
genres: Fiction, Queer, LGBT, Gay, Literary Fiction, British Literature, Novels, Literature, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 627
places: Pennsylvania, Canary Islands
publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd