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Simon & Schuster Audio, May 1996
Abridged Audio Download
ISBN-10: 0743547349
ISBN-13: 9780743547345
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In Flesh and Blood, Michael Cunningham takes us on a masterful journey
through four generations of the Stassos family as he examines the dynamics of
a family struggling to "come of age" in the 20th century.
In 1950, Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant laborer, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and together they produce three children: Susan, an ambitious beauty, Billy, a brilliant homosexual, and Zoe, a wild child. Over the years, a web of tangled longings, love, inadequacies and unfulfilled dreams unfolds as Mary and Constantine's marriage fails and Susan, Billy, and Zoe leave to make families of their own. Zoe raises a child with the help of a transvestite, Billy makes a life with another man, and Susan raises a son conceived in secret, each extending the meaning of family and love. With the power of a Greek tragedy, the story builds to a heartbreaking crescendo, allowing a glimpse into contemporary life which will echo in one's heart for years to come.
Hear an Excerpt from the Audiobook
Washington Post, September 15, 2011
...SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 10:00 A.M. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM Michael Cunningham is the author of the novels “A Home at the End of the World,” “Flesh and Blood,” “The Hours,” which won the Pen/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer ...
EMedia Wire, June 18, 2009
...Electric Literature teams up with Michael Cunningham and Jim Shepard to expand the reach of literary fiction. Electric Literature's mission is to spark a revival of the short story by pairing captivating narratives from America ...
Suite101.com, May 23, 2009
...Fiction » Modern American Fiction » Another thought-provoking novel by the author of The Hours. © Nikola Stepic Michael Cunningham's sophomore novel deals with destructing family stereotypes and what it means to be an American. It is also ...
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