Píše sa rok 1893, New York patrí do únie slobodných amerických štátov. David Bingham, najstarší syn tamojšej významnej rodiny, sa vzoprie svojmu osudu a pred životom v zabehnutých koľajach uprednostní vzťah s neistou budúcnosťou. O sto rokov neskôr, počas epidémie AIDS, mladý Havajčan David nečakane dostane list od svojho otca, s ktorým dávno prerušil styky.
A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory.
The brilliant and strikingly original first novel by the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that is A Little Life.
From the author of the modern classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems).