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Forgetting Elena

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Combining glittering wit, an atmosphere dense in social paranoia, and a breathtaking elegance and precision of language, White's first novel suggests a hilarious apotheosis of the comedy of manners. For, on the privileged island community where Forgetting Elena takes place, manners are everything. Or so it seems to White's excruciatingly self-conscious young narrator who desperately wants to be accepted in this world where everything from one's bathroom habits to the composition of "spontaneous" poetry is subject to rigid conventions.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679755739
  • ISBN-10: 067975573X
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: October 1994
  • Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.22 x 0.59 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
  • Page Count: 192

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