Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen (1986)

Through A Glass Darkly
by Karleen Koen
Publisher: Random House
Copyright: 1986
First Edition

Through A Glass Darly is an extraordinary first novel tat created enormous excitement among publishers and press from the first moment the manuscript was read. Months before publication date, Newsweek, the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly and other publications hailed Karleen Koen's novel as a triumph. And a triumph it is.

This boldly inspired novl is a grand-scale, multilayered love story that transports the reader into the rich world of the eighteenth century. Set in the upper-class families of England and France. Through A Glass Darkly tells the story of willful Barbara Alderley, the grandmother she adores, the mother she despises -- and he man she loves. At the age of fifteen, Barbara finds herself betrothed to a man twenty-seven years her senior -- a man she has been fascinated with since childhood. Marriage to Roger Montgeoffry propels Barbara into a glittering, cynical society: the silk-lined drawing rooms, the rosemary-scented beds, the casual adulteries and violent politics of the age of Richelieu, Pope and Swift; of magnificent buildings of Christopher Wren; of powdered hair and unobstructive cleavage; of greed, elegance, excess and cruelty. Barbara becomes worldly and beautiful -- and more and more deeply in love with her husband. But then mysterious events and ugly rumors begin to engulf her in a dark nightmare of confusion and pain. Ultimately Barbara must put aside childish things and confront the most shattering betrayal of all.

Through A Glass Darkly rises above any genre to break unprecedented ground all its own. And it introduces a major new fiction writer, Karleen Koen.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover is lightly discolored and shows creases and shelf wear. Previous owner name sticker is on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned from age.

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