Visitors A Novel

TheextraordinaryAnitaBrookner，praisedbyTheNewYorkTimesas"oneofthefinestnovelistsofhergeneration，"givesusabrilliantnovelaboutageandawakening.  InVisitors，Brooknerexploreswhathappenswhenawoman'squietresignationtofateischallengedbythearroganceofyouth.DorotheaMayismostateaseinthecompanyofstrangers.  Whenherlatehusband'srelativesprevailonhertotakeinayoungmanfortheweekbeforeanunexpectedfamilywedding，Thea'scarefullyconstructed，solitaryworldisthrownintodisarray.  Astheweddingapproaches，oldfamilysecretssurfaceandconflictseruptbetweenthegenerations，trappinganunwillingTheainthemiddle.  ConfrontedbythecompanyofSteveBest，acarefreeyoungwanderer，Thea'sfragilefacadeofpeacefulacceptanceispierced，forcinghertofaceinanewwaybothherpastandherfuture.Exquisitewriting，richlydrawncharacters，andpenetratingprceptionsaboutpeopleareherecombinedintoanothersuperbnovelbythewriteraboutwhomTheNewYorkTimesBookReviewhassaid，"IfHenryJameswerearound，theonlywriterhe'dbereadingwithcompleteapprovalwouldbeAnitaBrookner."FromtheHardcoveredition.