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Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Contemporary LiteratureLiterary Fiction
Pages
291
Published
1985
Language
English

Synopsis

Alison Lurie's "Foreign Affairs" follows two American academics, Vinnie Miner and Fred Turner, on separate journeys in London. Vinnie, a middle-aged professor, finds unexpected romance with a charming but unrefined Englishman, while Fred, a younger scholar, navigates a passionate affair with an actress. The novel offers a witty and insightful look at love, loneliness, and cultural clashes abroad.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

ReflectiveMelancholicFunnySatirical
Fish Out of WaterSecond Chance

Genres

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

About the author

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Alison Lurie

Alison Lurie is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Born in Chicago and raised in White Plains, New York, she joined the English department at Cornell University in 1970, where she taught courses on children’s literature, among others. Her first novel, Love and Friendship (1962), is a story of romance and deception among the faculty of a snowbound New England college. It won favorable reviews and established her as a keen observer of love in academia. It was followed by th...