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They Came Like Swallows

They Came Like Swallows

Maxwell, William

Paperback

Series: Vintage International

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 067977257X
ISBN13: 9780679772576
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Mar 25 1997
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
From the National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow--the heartbreaking story of an ordinary American family overtaken by the devastating flu epidemic of 1918.

William Maxwell is one of the past half-century's unmistakably great novelists. ―Village Voice

To eight-year old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic comforter in whose absence nothing is real or alive. To his older brother, Robert, his mother is someone he must protect, especially since the deadly, influenza epidemic of 1918 is ravaging their small Midwestern town. To James Morison, his wife, Elizabeth, is the center of a life that would disintegrate all too suddenly were she to disappear.

Through the eyes of these characters, William Maxwell creates a sensitive portrait of an American family and of the complex woman who is its emotional pillar. Beautifully observed, deftly rendering the civilities and constraints of a vanished era, They Came Like Swallows measures the subterranean currents of love and need that run through all our lives. The result confirms Maxwell's reputation as one of the finest writers we have.

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