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Philip Bowman, shaped by his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private affair—a scattered family of small houses here and in Europe—a time of gatherings in fabled apartments and conversations that continue long into the night. In this world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly. But despite his success, what eludes him is love. His first marriage fails, another fails to materialize, and finally he meets a woman who enthralls him before setting him on a course he could never have imagined for himself. Romantic and haunting, All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. It is a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.
An extraordinary literary event. A sweeping, seductive, deeply moving novel set in the years after World War II. By the PEN/Faulkner winner.
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