Monkeys

Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Author: Susan Minot

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this luminous story of family life–the first novel by Susan Minot, author of the highly acclaimed Evening–the seven Vincent children follow their Catholic mother to Mass and spend Thanksgiving with their father’s aging parents who come from a world of New England priviledge. As they grow older, they meet with the perplexing lives of adults. Susan Mi….Read More

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