Venus
By: Hanif Kureishi.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780571235896
Subjects: Male actors -- England -- Drama.; Older men -- England -- Drama.; Nieces -- England -- Drama.; Young women -- England -- Drama.; Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.; England -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Description: Maurice and Ian are successful, but aging actors. The two are close friends whose conversation generally revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of other aging actors. Ian is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter, Jessie, move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie is a modern woman in her early twenties. She turns out to be a nightmare for Ian, especially since she is a hard-drinking, rude, and dismissive brat. But Maurice sees something else in the young woman, a potential for humanity which blossoms under his kindness and gentle guidance. For Maurice, something else blossoms as well--romantic love for a girl fifty years younger.