Thursday, October 25, 2012

Good Things I Wish You


Good Things I Wish You, A. Manette Ansay, 2009, HarperCollins. Genre: Fiction. 252 pages. Finished 9/25/12.

LesOpinion: A poetic novel about men, women, love and friendship, Good Things I Wish You alternates between present day suburban south Florida ("...billboards and strip malls, asphalt and road trash, terrible traffic and the sort of heat that begins to feel something like rage.") and mid-19th century Germany where Johannes Brahms is falling in love with Robert Schumann's wife, Clara. Or is he? Can men and women ever just be friends? Ansay lays it all out, speculates, and ultimately lets you be the judge.

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