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The Atonement and Other Stories Hardcover – January 1, 1997

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An acclaimed novelist and observer of the social and moral life of America's upper class presents a collection of stories tracing how the nation's wealthy dynasties are run and how the privileged wrestle with their fortunes good and ill.
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    Houghton Mifflin
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    0395868262
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Chronicler of the upper crust, Auchincloss has written 53 books in the last 50 years, and there's no stopping him. This new offering is his first collection of short fiction since his Collected Stories (LJ 11/15/94) was published.
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The 12 thematically linked tales in Auchincloss's first volume since his Collected (1994) dispel any sense of diminished talent in old age. With elegance and intelligence, the author further embellishes familiar themes--romantic egotism, the fate of family fortunes, and the relation of business and morality. A Protestant moralist and the chronicler of a social class in decline, Auchincloss focuses here on characters who try to atone for past misdeeds. The title piece--a mini Bonfire of the Vanities- -measures the moral complexities of financial manipulation in the contemporary marketplace, and poses the situational ethics of its fast-track protagonist against the seemingly unworldly wisdom of his father, a prep-school master. A railroad magnate atones for a life dedicated to business by assembling in old age a world-class art collection, much to the dismay of his heirs (Ars Gratia Artis). When a successful Manhattan lawyer divorces his first wife for his partner's, he makes up for this scandal by retreating to a quiet life as a professor, much to the chagrin of his ambitious second wife (The Last Great Divorce). While one heartless tycoon rationalizes his empire building (Realist in Babylon), a young lawyer abandons his career to follow his genuine interests (The Hidden Muse). A famous litigator at age 80 confronts, with some shock, the possibility that his wife understood him best when she steered him from a path leading to the Supreme Court (The Golden Voice). Auchincloss continues to be interested in the ``spheres of influence'' specific to gender in the WASP ascendancy. A longish tale of two sisters, Honoria and Attila, neatly captures the various choices open to women of a certain class, as does ``Geraldine,'' in which a society widow decides not to challenge her second husband's will, sacrificing a fortune for the moral high ground. One of the last literary chroniclers of the upper class--and a voice still very much worth heeding. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin (January 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395868262
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395868263
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Yet another wonderful, elegant book from this master. It is a delight to read his every carefully constructed sentence.
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