Falling Slowly (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anita Brookner
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Miriam Eldon, Jonathan “Jon” Eldon, Beatrice Sharpe, Max Gruber, Mrs. Kinsella, Simon Haggard, Tom Rivers
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Sisters, Death or dying, London, 1990’s
- Locales: London, England
Readers will soon recognize Falling Slowly as Brookner’s own. Like Brookner’s previous novels, issued once a year beginning in 1981, this novel is short on action and long on reflection. The story is simple: After an unhappy childhood, two sisters, Miriam and Beatrice, move to London and live uneventful lives. One sister has a discreet love affair; one sister dies. Although the story moves forward at a glacial pace, the sisters’ thoughts are explored in minute detail. As in other Brookner novels, readers live at the core of its characters’ lives and know their...
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