[Yale-readings] This Saturday - Andrew Sean Greer coming to NHFPL

[Nancy Kuhl]

>Saturday, February, 19,  3:00pm Main (book swap starts at 2:30)
>
>Andrew Sean Greer reads from novel, The Confessions of Max Tivoli.
>
>from The Barnes & Noble Review from 
><http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookstore/index2_cds2.asp?PID=1376&userid=zZ7KF5v9tR>Discover 
>Great New Writers
>When Max Tivoli is born in 1871, his parents are shocked to find that his 
>body is that of an elderly man. Such is the beginning of Max's life in 
>reverse: As he grows older, his body grows younger. At the end of his 
>life, he finds himself in the body of an 11-year-old boy, writing his 
>memoirs from the safety of a playground sandbox.
>
>Framing his second novel with this unusual device, Andrew Sean Greer has 
>penned a love story: the story of Max's love for one woman, Alice, and the 
>chances he has to act on that love. When they first meet, Alice is the 
>girl next door, but 17-year-old Max is already trapped in the body of a 
>55-year-old man, an unacceptable suitor for a young girl. Alice ages 
>normally while Max grows younger until a chance meeting in their mid-30s 
>paves the way for a potentially happy future. But Max cannot halt the 
>backward progression of his body any more than Alice can prevent the 
>decline of her own, and Max is left heartbroken and alone. Greer's wildly 
>inventive premise may strike readers as similar to The Time Traveler's 
>Wife, but his artful narration, and the unsparing honesty of his uniquely 
>resourceful and sympathetic protagonist, carry this novel beyond a simple 
>comparison.
>
>“Old-fashioned narrative fun in a literary hall of mirrors.”
>­Kirkus Reviews
>
>“Heartrending
beautifully written 
this is a rich and mesmerizing fable. 
>Time will not reverse its impact.”
>­ People (4-star critic’s choice)
>
>“This year’s break-out novel.”
>­Entertainment Weekly
>
>  "Enchanting." -John Updike.
>
>“Devastating, heartbreaking 
 an astonishment.”  ­Esquire
>
>
>“Andrew Sean Greer is one of the most talented writers around, feeling and 
>funny, with a genuinely fine prose style and a sensibility to match.”
>­Michael Chabon
>
>
>New Haven Free Public Library
>133 Elm Street
>Program Room, lower level
>
>for more info contact: john.jessen at nhfpl.org 946-7001

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