So Long, See You Tomorrow
William Maxwell
Discover the tragically beautiful world of So Long, See You Tomorrow, a quietly devastating masterpiece of human frailty and resilience
In the quiet farmlands of Illinois, two lonely teenagers – bound by the burden of their rural lives – forge a delicate friendship. But when jealousy ignites between their farming families, it leads to unthinkable tragedy, and severs their bond forever.
Fifty years later, haunted by the past, the narrator seeks to piece together those harrowing events and find redemption for a lifetime of regret. So Long, See You Tomorrow is a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the enduring quest for forgiveness.
‘One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love’ Michael Ondaatje
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Mail on Sunday
So magically deft at being profound...possesses that daunting quality impossible to emulate: it makes greatness seem simple Maxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity
Observer
This calm, reflective and extraordinarily beautiful novel offers American fiction at its finest
Irish Times
Maxwell's voice is one of the wisest in American fiction; it is, as well, one of the kindest Maxwell is one of the past half-century's unmistakably great novelists
Village Voice
Maxwell offers us scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of America's twentieth century, and they do not fade
Times Literary Supplement