Title: Burning Bright
First published: 1950
Description: A short novel written in an experimental blend of play and novel. The story is a simple morality play set in a circus. When an ageing man’s young wife suspects that her husband is sterile she decides to seduce his young assistant solely to become pregnant, wanting to give her husband the child he craves. When the husband discovers the truth he must come to terms with his pride.
Subjects: Childlessness, Fiction, Experimental Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Man-woman relationships, American fiction