The Physics of Sunset

by Jane Vandenburgh

Book Overview

From the author hailed by Newsweek as "a writer of great daring and skill to match" comes a brilliant, wholly original novel about the freedoms and imprisonments of desire. The Physics of Sunset is a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679424830
• ISBN13: 9780679424833
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

elegant and insightful

I was able to perfectly picture the characters in this book - the scenes crackled with life. I especially was affected by the scene where the wife throw up on her husband's shoes when he confesses his affair. this is a gifted author who has honed her skill to a rapier point. highly recommended....

the physics of sunset, and the color green

This book is exciting, fresh, and gorgeously written. The characters were intensely real and unique -- and it seems clear that the success and accuracy of these depictions is somehow annoying some people from certain areas. envy is so sad, isn't it? A wonderful book, which has hit a nerve, as good literature often does....

The brilliance of Jane Vandenburgh

The chapter titles alone are worth the price of this book. I had the honor of reading with Jane Vandenburgh in NYC and she is a woman with an abiding talent as well as a passionate and strong sense of humor. As for the Physics of Sunset, it merits every bit of praise it has received in the media, and then some. I am about to track down everything this author has written so that I can sustain this feeling of having discovered a great new voice.

Beautiful and complex...

Ms. Vandenburgh has a remarkable gift. This piece of prose is daring, intricate and potent.

Brilliant, exciting, painful, book

This is one of the best novels in years. It's everything I love in a book--wise, well written, engaging. you're going to love it.