Asymmetry A Novel

Lisa Halliday, Candace Thaxton, Arthur Morey, Fiona Hardingham, Aden Hakimi

eAudio - 2018

A Time and New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book and Times Critic's Top Book of 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub * NPR * Oprah Daily The bestselling and critically acclaimed debut novel by Lisa Halliday is "a brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war" (The Wall Street Journal).Told in two distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly," tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with th...e famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during... more