false 382470 3 In <I>A Window Across the River</I>, author Brian Morton raises a question most writers ask themselves at some point: is it OK to follow your muse when the artistic result may hurt your loved ones? <p> Nora struggles constantly with this issue--it seems her best characters are always based on the less than attractive qualities of close friends and family. With first-hand knowledge of the havoc this can wreak, she finds herself stuck in a writer's block (and a stagnant relationship) and decides to contact an old love. When Nora reaches out to him, Isaac is having his own creative difficulties, worrying that his artistic integrity has plummeted since he can't seem to find anything he wants to photograph any more. The artists' reconnection is inspiring for their work, but threatens to ruin their relationship. <p> There isn't much action here--most pages are filled with the internal thoughts of Nora and Isaac. We meet a lot of walk-on characters, whose sole purpose seems to be getting us out of the main characters' heads for a moment. But in the end, the story is an engaging one, filled with funny insights about relationships ("when our lovers try to leave us, we suddenly become lawyers"), and driven by two compelling characters we come to know inside and out. <I>--Brangien Davis</I> 811561 2003 A Window Across the River total:124|5:17|4:38|3:37|2:29|1:3| 124 409 181 16 3 1 false false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 20:39:07 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 13:37:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 11:23:31 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 11:23:31 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 13:32:17 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 13:50:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:22:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 23:33:00 -0700 2009
There was so much foreshadowing in this book that anyone could pretty much tell what the outcome would be pretty quickly.

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