The Son: A Novella Berriault Gina
The Son: A Novella Berriault Gina Broaching a taboo deeply embedded in the human psyche, this haunting story tells of a woman who desires "something more, as if something more had been promised her…
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The Son: A Novella Berriault Gina
Broaching a taboo deeply embedded in the human psyche, this haunting story tells of a woman who desires "something more, as if something more had been promised her that was not yet given."The first published in 1962, The Son introduces readers to Vivian Carpentier, confined by her role as an upper class woman in the 1940s, gleans meaning only from erotic love. Struggling with motherhood and the failure of marriage, she takes jobs to bridge intervals between lovers. Troubled by the elusiveness of men, yet convinced that they run the world, she can barely conceal her desperation to entice.
The constant in Vivian's life is her son, David. She sings in a hotel bar, sells dresses, and nurses her father's friend through his last illness, hoping to atone for a self-centered life. Having seen her worst and best moments, he provides her with consolation and a reason for
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