Faithful Are the Wounds

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Label

Faithful Are the Wounds

Statement of responsibility

May Sarton

Creator

• Sarton, May
• trueSarton, May, 1912-1995

Subject

• trueCollege teachers
• trueSuicide
• Anti-communist movements -- Fiction
• trueElectronic books
• College teachers -- Fiction
• Suicide victims -- Fiction
• Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
• Harvard University -- Fiction
• Gay men -- Psychology | Fiction
• Psychological fiction -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

A professor{u2019}s suicide is the catalyst for this novel about politics and ideals set at Harvard during the 1950s When Harvard professor Edward Cavan commits suicide by throwing himself under a subway train, his death sets off shock waves both across campus and in the hearts of his loved ones. To Edward{u2019}s estranged sister, Isabel, her brother represented the dangers she sought to escape through the security of marriage. His student George Hastings saw in Edward the father he wished he had. Damon Phillips shared Edward{u2019}s idealistic beliefs {u2014}until his fear of being branded a Communist caused him to betray his friend. And Ivan Goldberg knew Edward as a man who would rather die than compromise his beliefs. Through the eyes of those he touched, Edward comes alive again, and we begin to understand who he is and what he stands for. With a title that is a metaphor for the embattled lives of 1950s liberals, Faithful Are the Wounds is about what it means to be American and human in a world that can affect us on the most profound spiritual and ideological levels. It is about how much we are willing to sacrifice for our freedom, and what happens when our values are destroyed

Cataloging source

IDEBK

Dewey number

813.52

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3537.A832

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult