The Sugar Mother
Jolley, Elizabeth
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year: a witty and sophisticated classic by one of Australia's most daring and entertaining novelists. Edwin Page, a fussy middle-aged professor, no sooner bids farewell to his obstetrician wife, Cecilia, who accepted a fellowship abroad, when his new neighbors, Mrs. Botts and her sexy, twentyish daughter, Leila, arrive. Since they're locked out of their house, Edwin invites them in-and then can't get them to leave. He becomes obsessed with Leila and convinces himself that she is a perfect surrogate mother for the childless Cecilia. "Wickedly amusing . . . subversive" (New York Times Book Review), The Sugar Mother undoes the institution of marriage.
种类:
年:
2010
出版:
Reprint
出版社:
Persea
语言:
english
页:
224
ISBN 10:
0892553847
ISBN 13:
9780892553846
文件:
EPUB, 545 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010