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3357701The Summer Without Menhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-summer-without-men-9781444710557/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3477067/c78459ab-fcff-4b2d-b939-cb3650dad879.jpg?v=638822050242500000244287MXNHodder & StoughtonInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <em>WHAT I LOVED</em></strong></p><p><strong>Funny, moving and erudite, playfully reminding us of a contemporary Jane Austen</strong><br /><em><strong>Daily Mail</strong></em></p><p><strong>Astoundingly joyful</strong><br /><em><strong>Guardian</strong></em></p><p><strong>Alarmingly funny</strong><br /><em><strong>Times Literary Supplement</strong></em></p><p>After Mias husband of thirty years asks for a pause, to indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague, she briefly breaks down before retreating to the prairie town of her childhood, to rage and reassess her life.</p><p>Slowly, however, shes drawn into the lives of the women around her: her mothers circle of feisty widows, her young neighbour with two small children, the teenage girls in her poetry class. As Mia faces her summer without men, she must discover whats worth fighting for - and on whose terms.</p><p><strong>A rich and intelligent meditation on female identity</strong><br /><em><strong>Sunday Times</strong></em></p><p><strong>A mordant comedy</strong><br /><em><strong>Observer</strong></em></p>...3293546The Summer Without Men244287https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-summer-without-men-9781444710557/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3477067/c78459ab-fcff-4b2d-b939-cb3650dad879.jpg?v=638822050242500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119781444710557_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_<p>Out of the blue, your husband of thirty years asks you for a pause in your marriage to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman.</p><p>Do you:<br />a) assume its a passing affair and play along<br />b) angrily declare the marriage over<br />c) crack up<br />d) retreat to a safe haven and regroup?</p><p>Mia Fredricksen cracks up first, then decamps for the summer to the prairie town of her childhood, where she rages, fumes, and bemoans her sorry fate as abandoned spouse. But little by little, she is drawn into the lives of those around her; her mother and her circle of feisty widows, her young neighbour, with two small children and a loud, angry husband; and the diabolical pubescent girls in her poetry class. By the end of the summer without men, wiser though definitely not sadder, Mia knows what she wants to fight for and on whose terms.</p><p>Provocative, mordant, and fiercely intelligent, <em>The Summer Without Men</em> is a gloriously vivacious tragi-comedy about women and girls, love and marriage, and the age-old war between the sexes - a novel for our times by one of the most acclaimed American writers.</p>(*_*)9781444710557_<p><strong>FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <em>WHAT I LOVED</em></strong></p><p><strong>An astoundingly joyful read . . . a book that shines with intellectual curiosity and emotional integrity <em>Guardian</em></strong></p><p><strong>By turns funny, moving and erudite, playfully reminding us of a contemporary Jane Austen <em>Daily Mail</em></strong></p><p>After Mia Fredricksens husband of thirty years asks for a pause - so he can indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague - she cracks up (briefly), rages (deeply), then decamps to her prairie childhood home.</p><p>There, gradually, she is drawn into the lives of those around her: her mothers circle of feisty widows; the young woman next door; and the diabolical teenage girls in her poetry class. By the end of the summer without men, Mia knows whats worth fighting for - and on whose terms.</p><p>Provocative, mordant, and fiercely intelligent, this is a gloriously vivacious tragi-comedy about women and girls, love and marriage, and the age-old war between the sexes.</p><p><strong>A rich and intelligent meditation on female identity, written in</strong> <strong>beguiling lyrical prose . . . heady and intoxicating <em>Sunday Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:</strong></p><p>Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom <strong>Salman Rushdie</strong></p><p>One of our finest novelists <strong>Oliver Sacks</strong></p><p>Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch <em><strong>Financial Times</strong></em></p><p>Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt <em><strong>Washington Post</strong></em></p>...(*_*)9781444710557_<p><strong>FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <em>WHAT I LOVED</em></strong></p><p><strong>Funny, moving and erudite, playfully reminding us of a contemporary Jane Austen</strong><br /><em><strong>Daily Mail</strong></em></p><p><strong>Astoundingly joyful</strong><br /><em><strong>Guardian</strong></em></p><p><strong>Alarmingly funny</strong><br /><em><strong>Times Literary Supplement</strong></em></p><p>After Mias husband of thirty years asks for a pause, to indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague, she briefly breaks down before retreating to the prairie town of her childhood, to rage and reassess her life.</p><p>Slowly, however, shes drawn into the lives of the women around her: her mothers circle of feisty widows, her young neighbour with two small children, the teenage girls in her poetry class. As Mia faces her summer without men, she must discover whats worth fighting for - and on whose terms.</p><p><strong>A rich and intelligent meditation on female identity</strong><br /><em><strong>Sunday Times</strong></em></p><p><strong>A mordant comedy</strong><br /><em><strong>Observer</strong></em></p>...9781444710557_Hodder & Stoughtonlibro_electonico_24792aa1-551e-4d3a-b758-682072b9b865_9781444710557;9781444710557_9781444710557Siri HustvedtInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-3bce7236-ded6-4fca-b077-5d7b7297d7f9.epub2011-03-03T00:00:00+00:00Hodder & Stoughton