A Patchwork Planet (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne Tyler
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: Barnaby Gaitlin, Sophia Maynard, Martine Pasko, Opal Gaitlin, Virginia Dibble, Margot Gaitlin, Jeffrey Gaitlin, Grace Glynn
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA
In A Patchwork Planet, Anne Tyler explores many of the themes that have preoccupied her for three decades, such as the tensions between husband and wife, parent and child, friend and friend; the conflict between the need for security and the urge to break free; the pressures of family tradition and social expectations; and the desire to be loved and trusted. The new novel will remind readers of The Accidental Tourist (1985), in which the protagonist faces loneliness and despair; of Breathing Lessons (1988), in which the major characters contemplate the aging...
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