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Afternoon of a Faun: A Novel

Afternoon of a Faun: A Novel


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When an old flame accuses him of sexual assault, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly to the brink of ruin. Marco confides in a close friend, the unnamed narrator, who finds himself caught between the obligations of friendship and an increasingly urgent desire to uncover the truth—until the question of his own complicity becomes impossible to avoid.

About the Author :
James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry, and short story collections have won many aways, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and the New Yorker, among others.

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"An instant masterpiece that brings the taut psychological precision of a Chekhov story to a hyper-modern, post-#MeToo setting." "[A] brilliant new novel of the #MeToo era." "Lasdun’s writing spreads implication like condensed flavor crystals that dissolve in water. By the end of the novel, he has examined every corner of the narrator’s conflicted psyche… without once resorting to cliché." "Afternoon of a Faun has a propulsive energy.… The denouement, when it arrives, is shocking." "Afternoon of a Faun is a highly conscientious novel, elegant in its execution and almost humble in its refusal to grandstand, or to turn a story about rape allegations into some didactic allegory." "Timely.… A well-drawn portrait of two flawed but highly articulate Englishmen in New York." "Each time we feel that we can definitively decide where to put our sympathies, the story jostles and unbalances us with new insights." "James Lasdun is my favourite ‘should be famous’ writer, his work extraordinarily taut and compelling.… Lasdun expertly demonstrates how inner moral structure is often built on the scaffolding of tenuous and arbitrary rules and self-justification. The complexity of male friendship is also wryly assessed.… Enthralling." "Expertly orchestrated and engaging.… Of the novels to come out of the #MeToo moment to date, none is more riveting, insightful, and unsettling." "[A] thought-provoking psychological thriller.… This novel comes to a brilliantly ironic conclusion that will leave readers reeling."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780393357882
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publisher Imprint: WW Norton & Co
  • Height: 211 mm
  • No of Pages: 182
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 209 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0393357880
  • Publisher Date: 07 Apr 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Novel
  • Width: 140 mm


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