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Torpor

Torpor

Literary FictionRomance
Pages
287
Published
2006
Language
English

Synopsis

A novel set in 1991, post-MTV, pre-AOL: Sylvie, longing for a life more like the TV show thirtysomething, sets off with her husband, Columbia University professor Jerome, to Romania to adopt a child.

How it reads

MelancholicReflectiveComplex
Fish Out of Water
Prose complexity 7/10

Genres

Literary Fiction Romance

Characters

Princess SylvieProtagonist
JeromeProtagonist
All characters in Torpor

Subjects

Europe, easternMan-woman relationshipsNew York (N.Y.)

Places

New York (N.Y.)Romania

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