July, July
By: Tim O'Brien
Series: New York Times Notable book; New York times notable book
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780142003381
Subjects: Baby boom generation; Fiction; College graduates; Class reunions; Psychological fiction; Génération du baby-boom; Romans, nouvelles; Réunions d'anciens élèves
Description: Overview: As he did with In the Lake of the Woods, National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives with this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling new novel that tells the remarkable story of the generation molded and defined by the 1960s. At the thirtieth anniversary of Minnesota's Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends reassemble for a July weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regretting. The three decades since their graduation have seen marriage and divorce, children and careers, dreams deferred and disappointed-many memories and many ghosts. Together their individual stories create a portrait of a generation launched into adulthood at the moment when their country, too, lost its innocence. Imbued with his signature themes of passion, memory, and yearning, July, July is Tim O'Brien's most fully realized work.
Notes: "First published in the United States of America by Houghton Mifflin, 2002"--Title page verso.