Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Zamora's visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy and old as he is, these memories spoil his love for the city. His sprawling house no longer seems innocently beautiful, and he muses "you know, the whole city seems so corrupt these days." Even as he decides to escape to Mexico, he realizes the flight is desperate. He won't find happiness there...
...never boring. Most male characters are secondary and not fully developed. The few male protagonists are consistently weaker--Doctor Zamora flees when he can't face his life. Carter, a college professor, is maddeningly passive in "His Women" and makes up with his ex-wife because he doesn't know what to do with himself now that he's alone. Adams smartly refuses to offer tidy explanations at the end of each story. The characters drives are ultimately a mystery. When the book is over we still don't understand why Julian needs his alcoholic pianist wife though he loves...
...recurrent theme in Alice Adams' latest collection of short stories, The Last Lovely City. Before you write her book off as fluffy beach reading, though, know that it isn't about just any kind of sex--this is about what one of the characters (embarrassed and somewhat surprised that she can still get crushes "at her age") calls "geriatric sex." This caveat, coupled with the novel's fun themes of loss, aging and solitude, might take this off the list of cheery summer flings...
...Zamora's visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy and old as he is, these memories spoil his love for the city. His sprawling house no longer seems innocently beautiful, and he muses "you know, the whole city seems so corrupt these days." Even as he decides to escape to Mexico, he realizes the flight is desperate. He won't find happiness there...
...never boring.Most male characters are secondary and not fully developed. The few male protagonists are consistently weaker--Doctor Zamora flees when he can't face his life. Carter, a college professor, is maddeningly passive in "His Women" and makes up with his ex-wife because he doesn't know what to do with himself now that he's alone. Adams smartly refuses to offer tidy explanations at the end of each story. The characters' drives are ultimately a mystery. When the book is over we still don't understand why Julian needs his alcoholic pianist wife though he loves someone...