The Sixteenth of June

A Novel

Lang

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English

Simon & Schuster
01 August 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Leopold Portman dreams of settling down in Philadelphia's bucolic suburbs and starting a family with his fiancee, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, Leopold's brother, dithers in his seventh year of graduate school and privately questions Leo and Nora's relationship. On June 16, 2004, the three are brought together - first for a funeral, then for the Portmans' annual Bloomsday party. As the long-simmering tensions between them rise, they must confront their pasts and their hopes for the future. Clever, lyrical, and poignant, The Sixteenth of June delves into the frictions and allegiances of friendships, the murky uncertainty of early adulthood, and the yearning to belong. Offering a nod to James Joyce's Ulysses, this remarkable novel explores the secrets we keep and the lengths we go to for acceptance and love.

By: Lang
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9781476745770
ISBN 10: 1476745773
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Sixteenth of June: A Novel

A finely-tuned novel of friendship, loss, and self-forgiveness. This is a new voice of the highest caliber, one that articulates the things we never knew we thought, the things we never thought we knew. -- Rebecca Makkai, author of The Hundred-Year House and The Borrower