The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace

by Alexander Stille

Book Overview

A masterpiece of literary memory a powerful exploration of the intersections of family, history, and memory"One evening in May 1948, my mother went to a party in New York with her first husband and left it with her second, my father." So begins the passionate and stormy union of Mikhail Kamenetzki, aka Ugo Stille, one of Italy's most celebrated journalists, and Elizabeth Bogert, a beautiful and charming young woman from the Midwest. "The Force of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374157421
• ISBN13: 9780374157425
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"