The Fifth Woman: A Novel (Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction)

by Nona Caspers

Stacey D'Erasmo

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Years after Caspers’s unnamed narrator loses her first lover in a tragic accident, she finds herself wondering, “What did she want from me? What are the things that matter?” In vivid, richly detailed vignettes, the book tracks the cyclical nature of grief and remembrance across a life fractured by loss. At times dryly comical, at other times radiantly surreal, The Fifth Woman is a testament to the resurrecting power of memory and enduring love.

  • ISBN13 9781946448170
  • Publish Date 27 September 2018 (first published 7 August 2018)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Sarabande Books, Incorporated
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 160
  • Language English