Faithful Are the Wounds

Set in the academic world of Harvard and Cambridge, this novel dramatizes the plight of the embattled American liberal in the 1950s. Its central character is Edward Cavan, a brilliant English professor, who commits suicide. His death sets off a shock wave among Cavan's friends -- and changes things for some of them forever."It is impossible not to be interested in (Sarton's characters) and concerned with what concerns them". -- The New YorkerSarton, May is the author of 'Faithful Are the Wounds' with ISBN 9780393302660 and ISBN 0393302660.