![]() These eight tales don’t build up to traditional climaxes, but the tension between the familiar and the unfathomable pulses on every page. “G,” named after the recreational drug that two young women take together in order to become invisible, gives a new spin to the notion of “ghosting.” The awful term “geriatric pregnancy” becomes a literal horror story in “Tomorrow,” whose protagonist must conceal the arm that is developing on the outside of her body-a common aspect of high-risk pregnancies, her doctor crisply informs her. ![]() The narrator of “Los Angeles” lives with her uncommunicative husband and her 100 ex-boyfriends. In Bliss Montage (FSG), her panic-slicked and wildly inventive new short story collection, the author continues to mine anxieties particular to our time. Ling Ma’s Severance was half tongue-in-cheek critique of capitalism, half science fiction about a group of New Yorkers fleeing a fatal airborne epidemic believed to have originated in Shenzhen, China. We’re in the thick of a dystopian golden age, but the indisputable leader of the pandemic lit pack came out in 2018. Lessons is a luminous, beautifully written, and oddly gripping book about lives imperfectly lived. How can a novel populated by such (notably female) cruelty feel so expansively humanist? Roland is both haunted by trauma and able to push away from it, toward love (a second marriage), parenthood, forgiveness, grace. And in adulthood, another villain awaits: his first wife, Alissa Baines, who leaves him and their newborn son so that she can pursue a soaring literary career unencumbered. Roland never quite recovers from this wildly predatory affair (he 14, she 25). While teaching him Bach, she pinches his bare leg, an act of sexual sadism that leads, eventually, to the real thing in her bed. The episode that shapes his life occurs in the opening pages, during a piano lesson with Miriam Cornell, a young instructor at Roland’s school. Roland Baines, a kind of spectator to history, is our hero-the product of a quintessentially English boarding school, a frustrated poet, occasional tennis instructor, and better-than-average piano player. Compilation © 2023 San Diego MLS.Ian McEwan’s new novel Lessons (Knopf) is rangingly ambitious, teasingly autobiographical, and unsettling in the manner of his best work, a story of monstrous behavior set against major tides of the last 70 years. The information and any photographs and video tours and the compilation from which they are derived is protected by copyright. Displayed property listings may be held by a brokerage firm other than the broker and/or agent responsible for this display. This information is derived from the Internet Data Exchange (IDX) service provided by San Diego MLS. Redistribution or copying of this information, any photographs or video tours is strictly ![]() ![]() All uses except for personal, noncommercial use in accordance with the foregoing purpose are prohibited. You may use this information only to identify properties you may be interested in investigating further. square footage and lot size) with the assistance of an appropriate professional. You should rely on this information only to decide whether or not to further investigate a particular property.īEFORE MAKING ANY OTHER DECISION, YOU SHOULD PERSONALLY INVESTIGATE THE FACTS (e.g. This information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. The listing broker’s offer of compensation is made only to participants of the MLS where the listing is filed. Properties may or may not be listed by the office/agent presenting the information All information should be independently reviewed and verified for accuracy. All data, including all measurements and calculations of area, is obtained from various sources and has not been, and will not be, verified by broker or MLS. as of 15:41:52 PDT and /or other sources. The viewer should independently verify the listed data prior to making any decisions based on such information by personal inspection and/or contacting a real estate professional.īased on information from California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. All listing data, including but not limited to square footage and lot size is believed to be accurate, but the listing Agent, listing Broker and CRMLS and its affiliates do not warrant or guarantee such accuracy. Information provided is for viewer's personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties the viewer may be interested in purchasing. ("CRMLS") and is protected by all applicable copyright laws. The multiple listing data appearing on this website, or contained in reports produced therefrom, is owned and copyrighted by California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc.
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