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From the internationally acclaimed Nobel laureate comes a richly conceived novel that illuminates the full spectrum of desire.
May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial.
This audacious vision of the nature of love -- its appetite, its sublime possession, its dread -- is rich in characters and striking scenes, and in its profound understanding of how alive the past can be.
A major addition to the canon of one of the world’s literary masters.
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Rich people, Death, Seaside resorts, African American women, Hotelkeepers, Love stories, Fiction, Literature, Love, 1000blackgirlbooks, African americans, fiction, Fiction, psychological, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, romance, general, Polish language materials, American literature, Man-woman relationships, Relations entre hommes et femmes, LiteraryShowing 11 featured editions. View all 35 editions?
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May 10, 2023 | Edited by AgentSapphire | merge authors |
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