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"Shocked by the late re-marriage of his mother, Alan Sherwood submits to a highly unsatisfactory engagement to fragile, needy Angela. She sees in him a protector, one who will confer stability and respect upon her, yet he is haunted by memories of more carefree times in Paris, and by his passionate and destructive affair with Sarah Miller. When Sarah re-enters his life, Alan willingly embarks on a futile act of betrayal. Powerfully written and rich in perception, Anita Brookner's portrait of vulnerability and loss of innocence is an extraordinary achievement."@en
"A novel about desire, passion and loss that explores the conflicting needs of men and women and the lack of understanding that divides them."@en
"An English lawyer's obsession with Sarah, a beautiful cousin. Unable to have her, he marries another, then when Sarah gives him the signal rushes to her side, only to be disappointed. He returns to his wife, but once again the cousin beckons."
"Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor, remembers back to a time when he stepped briefly out of character to indulge in a liaison with Sarah Miller, an intriguing but heartless distant relative--only to find himself in a series of absurd situations that culminated in his marriage to Sarah's clinging, childlike friend Angela. With her compassionate portrait of a man who has paid a terrible price for his folly, Anita Brookner gives us a novel that it at once harrowing and humane. In the traditions of Henry James and Thomas Mann, Altered States is a beautifully rendered tale of loneliness, guilt, and erotic obsession."
"In this novel about desire, passion, and loss, Brookner explores the conflicting needs of men and women, and the lack of understanding that divides them. Alan Sherwood depends on the simple routine of his life: breakfast at the same coffee shop, a stable law practice with is oldest friend, and his kind mother's understated devotion. Then a short and passionate affair with the elusive Sarah Miller, who suddenly leaves him without a word, forces Alan to realize that routine and order are not enough. Feeling solitary and shocked by the late remarriage of his mother, he submits to an engagement to fragile, needy Angela. She sees in him a protector, one who will confer stability and respect upon her, yet he is haunted by memories of Sarah Miller, and of more carefree times in Paris. When Sarah re-enters his life, Alan embarks on an act of betrayal, the tragic consequences of which change his life forever. Alone in the Swiss border town of Vif, Alan endeavors to reconcile his feelings of guilt and sadness, and to make amends for the mistakes of his life."@en
"Alan Sherwood decides to marry fragile, needy Angela, but his passionate memories of Sarah Miller intrude.--"

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"Psychological fiction"
"Electronic books"@en
"Electronic books"
"Tekstuitgave"
"Romans (teksten)"
"Large type books"@en
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Love stories"
"Domestic fiction, English"@en

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"Altered states : [a novel]"
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"Altered States"
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"Acontecimientos perturbadores"
"Altered states"
"Altered states"@en
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