Elegy for Sam Emerson
| Year of Publication |
2006
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
275 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Hilary Masters |
| Publisher |
Southern Methodist Press
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| City |
Dallas
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| Abstract |
Follows Sam Emerson, the middle-aged proprietor of Sam’s Place, an upscale Mt. Washington restaurant with stunning views of the Golden Triangle and the three rivers. After his mother dies, Sam is nostalgic and tries to take stock, meditating on memories of youth and family. Sam also ruminates on his ex-wife, his much younger lover, and what to do with his mother’s ashes.
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| Author Biography |
Hilary Masters (1928—2015) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and he worked in public relations, journalism, and in New York politics before publishing fiction and teaching writing. In 1983, he became a professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University.
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| Time |
1994
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