Bibliograph

The cosmopolitans, Sarah Schulman

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The cosmopolitans, Sarah Schulman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The cosmopolitans

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Sarah Schulman

Summary

A modern retelling of Balzac's classic Cousin Bette by one of America's most prolific and significant writers. Earl, a black, gay actor working in a meatpacking plant, and Bette, a white secretary, have lived next door to each other in the same Greenwich Village apartment building for thirty years. Shamed and disowned by their familied, both found refuge in New York and in their domestic routine. Everything changes when Hortense, a wealthy young actress from Ohio, comes to the city to "make it." Textured with the grit and gloss of midcentury Manhattan, The Cosmopolitans is a lush, inviting read. The truths it frames about the human need for love and recognition remain long after the book is closed

Target audience

adult

Classification