Ryan had achieved newfound success as a writer of commercial fiction, which he undertook under a pseudonym. Gerta then introduced Faye to Ryan, a writer who Faye had met years before. At the party, Faye waited in line for a buffet dinner and talked with Gerta, a wealthy heiress who told Faye about her disdain for literary events, compared with her enjoyment of actual literature. A young man named Hermann, the son of the festival’s organizer, walked Faye and a group of writers from the hotel to the party, during which time he discussed his love of the sciences, and his suspicion of narrative, with Faye. That evening, Faye attended a party associated with the literary festival in the city’s downtown area. The reporter, who never asked Faye a single question, casually mentioned that she had read that Faye had recently been remarried. The reporter, who Faye had met more than 10 years before, told Faye a long story about watching her sister’s marriage dissolve (which she originally couched as a story about a friend), and the odd sense of pleasure the reporter felt during this terrible time for her sister. The two were joined by Linda, another writer, who had recently returned from a literary retreat at the home of a wealthy countess in Italy, where, in Linda’s view, writers had shamefully abased themselves for the countess’ favor.Īfter the literary event with Linda, Faye met a newspaper reporter in the hotel’s garden. He had personally altered the profitability of the publishing house by publishing fewer difficult literary novels, and more fun gaming books.
The publisher was exceedingly youthful, and explained to Faye that he had recently been promoted to head of the publishing firm, after a successful career in sales. Before participating in an event at the literary festival, Faye met her foreign publisher at a hotel bar. The man told Faye a long story about his family’s dog, Pilot, who had cancer, and whom the man had recently had to put down while his family was away.įaye then arrived at her hotel in the unnamed city. Faye and the man got to talking, and the man told her about his family life and his career as the director of a global management company, a position from which he had recently retired. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.Īt the novel’s outset, Faye sat next to an exceptionally tall man on a plane, en route to a literary festival in an unnamed European city. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Cusk, Rachel.
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