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Name: Three
Author: Ann Quin

📘 Three by Ann Quin

Three opens with the death of a young woman, identified only as S, whose passing may have been suicide. Ruth and Leonard, a middle‑aged British couple whose marriage has devolved into pithy and bitter conversations, review the time S spent at their summer house. In lyrical prose reminiscent of Virginia Woolf and William Burroughs, the novel blends the conversations and flashbacks of Ruth and Leonard with the diary, audiotapes and movies S left behind, creating an intricate portrait of the relationship between these three people. Through an intimate exploration of memory and loss, the story examines the lingering impact of S’s disappearance on the lives of those she touched, while exposing the fragile bonds that bind them together.

First publish date: 1966

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Ann Quin

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