The Edge of Marriage

By Hester Kaplan

Book Overview

In "Claude Comes and Goes," a husband confesses affection for his wife's former lover who is dying. In "Dyaesthesia," a wife struggles with her responsibility for her adulterous husband after he is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820321486
• ISBN13: 9780820321486
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Spectacular

Amazing. I usually can't stand short-stories, but trheis collection was different. I could really associate some of these stories to my real life. Kaplan did a tremendous job.

compulsively readable

Usually by the time I'm halfway through a book of short stories, I lose interest and lunge for a novel. But this collection had me spellbound. Kaplan does a great job of entering the male head, of incorporating physical infirmity into plot and character. I was dazzled.

dazzling and powerful

For the most part I have "given up" on contemporary short story collections. So often the stories are so similar and just one or two really "hit the mark." Hester Kaplan's book has stunned me. Every story leaves me breathless. I go back to read sentences over and over. Each story has had tremendous impact on me, reached me in such profound ways. The title story is incredible for getting into a man's head in trying to deal with his wife's breakdown after the death of her closest friend. The early part of the story said better than anything I've ever read how important women are to each other in a way that is quite different from how men are with each other. I'm writing this short review in hopes that Hester Kaplan will know how wonderful I think the book is. And I'm recommending it to my friends.