{"product_id":"my-other-loneliness-letters-of-thomas-wolfe-and-aline-bernstein-9780807841174","title":"My Other Loneliness: Letters of Thomas Wolfe and Aline Bernstein","description":"Written over an eleven-year period, these letters between Thomas Wolfe and Aline Bernstein chronicle a love affair that was by turns stormy, tender, bitter, and contrite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Wolfe met Mrs. Bernstein shortly before his twenty-fifth birthday in 1925, she was forty-four, married, and at the pinnacle of a successful career as a stage and costume designer. Bernstein gave the young writer not only the unstinting love of an experienced older woman but the financial assistance and belief in his ability that enabled him to create \u003ci\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c\/i\u003e. I am deliberately writing the book for two or three people, he writes to her, first and chiefest, for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn letters written while Wolfe traveled in Europe, Bernstein describes the exciting world of the theater in New York and her own work on countless productions. Wolfe's descriptions of life, culture, and language from Oxford to Budapest rank with the best of his collected writings. Reproach becomes a more common theme in the letters as the affair continues, however, by 1931 Wolfe acknowledges that his feelings for Bernstein have altered: I need your help, and I need your friendship, and I need your love and belief--but the time of madness, darkness, passion is over, we can never relive that, we can never live through it again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat time continues to live, however, in these letters and in the books that both Wolfe and Mrs. Bernstein wrote about their relationship. For those who have read Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eOf Time and the River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Web and the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eYou Can't Go Home Again\u003c\/i\u003e, or Aline Bernstein's \u003ci\u003eThree Blue Suits\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Down\u003c\/i\u003e, this correspondence provides remarkable insights into the authors' sources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Stutman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.50w x 1.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807841174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStutman, Suzanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Suzanne Stutman is professor of English at Pennsylvania State University-Ogontz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161619443827,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ec6b5547-bb6c-4481-87f1-66585dd9c6cd.jpg?v=1654955356","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/my-other-loneliness-letters-of-thomas-wolfe-and-aline-bernstein-9780807841174","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}