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The Story of a Marriage

Andrew Sean Greer

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Jun 05, 2009 David rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: unexpectedly-terrific, read-in-2009

This book is a small gem. In fewer than 200 pages, Andrew Sean Greer weaves the story of a marriage in crisis with delicacy, finesse and the prose of an angel. I loved his evocation of San Francisco's Sunset district in the 1950's. But even more than that I loved his ability to capture the mystery at the heart of the book's central relationship. I read it in just two sittings, and was sad when I had finished it.

It's the kind of novel that reminds you why it is we read novels in the first place. ...more

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May 02, 2008 Shawn rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, glbt

Beautifully written, certainly, if now and then a little over the top, and with many insights into the nature of love and relationships. But told in such a distant and elegiac tone as to be virtually bloodless.

Holland, the husband, in particular, remains an emotional cypher, but even Pearlie, from whose viewpoint the story is told, seems to be wrapped in cotton and, as much as her husband, more acted upon than acting.

The beauty of the language was the only thing in this book that moved me. Goo ...more

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Dec 16, 2008 Jack rated it really liked it

I think I preferred The Confessions of Max Tivoli to this one, but Greer delivers the same heartbreakingly beautiful prose that I loved in Tivoli.

I can't wait for his next one. ...more

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