In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the core of the human soul. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon.Ĭunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions-or in God-but he can’t deny what he’s seen.Īt the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, a struggling musician, is trying-and failing-to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.īarrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. The book delves into the lives of two brothers as they search for transcendence and grace in an emotionally fraught modern world. New month! New books! May is upon us and so are a slew of new and noteworthy LGBT books.Īward-winning author Michael Cunningham’s new book, The Snow Queen, is being released this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New in May: Michael Cunningham, Rebecca Coffey, Kate Fagan, Christopher Isherwood, and Don Bachardy
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