Claire Marvel - Hardcover

"Rich, passionate prose that echoes the intense feeling between young lovers." --"Chicago Tribune
""In this age of glorious literary excess, of high conceptualizing and big novelizing, it takes some courage to write a simple love story. . . . John Burnham Schwartz takes the risk in his third novel, writing spare, elegant prose." --"The New York Times Book Review
""You'll want to finish this most seductive book in one sitting. Don't. Put it down and let it color your dreamscape. The characters are that vivid, the book so wise you will be moved and enriched." --Frank McCourt
"A beautifully told love story." "--Harper's Bazaar"
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JOHN BURNHAM SCHWARTZ is the author of Bicycle Days and Reservation Road, which have been translated into more than ten languages. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, the Boston Globe, and Vogue. He lives with his wife, filmmaker Aleksandra Crapanzano, in Brooklyn, New York.