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Brian in Three Seasons, by Patricia Grossman
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The year is 1995. Thirty-nine-year-old Brian Moss lives alone in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, his survival in the city barely rising above the marginal. He’s in danger of becoming a fixture on his block, someone not registered by those around him. Brian hasn’t succeeded in his ambition of becoming an art historian, but neither has he fully forsaken it. He still thinks about his unfinished dissertation, but mostly at odd moments—on his way to the piers at dusk or to late-night clubs after work. Brian cherishes his independence, yet every now and then he recalls, with a shock of recognition, his father’s appellation for him, “Mr. Artiste, Mr. Overgrown Boy.” Over three seasons—autumn through spring—events conspire to show Brian that a richer life is within his grasp. Returning to his childhood home in the Midwest when his father has a stroke, Brian finds the scale of emotion between them weighted first one way, then the other. While there, he uncovers a surprising family secret that gives him a much-altered view of his past. And then, slowly, Brian enters into a relationship with a man who challenges his feelings about romantic love and disrupts his pattern of random late-night encounters. Brian Moss’s inner voice takes hold of the reader from the first page. Grossman’s rendering of his character is a tour de force. She places Brian firmly within his beloved city by balancing the harsher realities of urban life against the great aesthetic pleasures that can be drawn from it. As Brian’s life becomes illuminated within this set passage of time, so does the reader’s understanding of an ordinary, extraordinary man.
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From Publishers Weekly Brian Moss is the urban gay everyman. Nearing 40 in 1995, when Grossman's nicely nuanced but somewhat pat fourth novel (after Unexpected Child) is set, Brian has settled for sex with strangers. His incomplete dissertation on painter Toulouse-Lautrec haunts him. He toils four night a week as a friendly bartender and one day a week as a frustrated art history instructor, career paths that disappoint his hard-driving land developer father, who is recovering from a mild stroke. His drift also disturbs his critically doting, loving twin sister, who followed their father into the real estate business. In general, it's an unsettled autumn for Brian—plus, a man who romanced him has been seeing a psychologist about going straight. Winter is a season of real discontent: his father suffers a more debilitating stroke and then dies, though not before father and son achieve an emotional reconciliation; his college gig is in jeopardy; a co-worker's lover is diagnosed with cocktail-resistant HIV; and his putative boyfriend disappears. All's well come spring, however: his boyfriend has returned; his co-worker's lover is on the mend; he's offered the position of humanities dean at his college; and he inherits a portion of his father's sizable estate. Grossman's happily-ever-after plot is predictable, but the novel is redeemed by an engrossing cast of secondary characters. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review "Brian in Three Seasons is that most satisfying of books; a page turner full of wisdom, insight, and real surprise." -- Alice Elliot Dark, author of In the Gloaming"One looks forward to reading [Grossman] again and again for her insight, and fidelity to character, situation, and nuance." -- Hilton Als, staff writer, The New Yorker[Brian in Three Seasons] is deftly done. --Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2005
About the Author Patricia Grossman is the author of three previous novels. She lives in Brooklyn.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. recommended By Bridget E. Nice novel-had a satisfying feel at the end. I liked that the main character cobbled together a living. Lots of people put together a life in odd or disparate ways but you don't often find them in novels. I found this novel a convincing evocation of a certain kind of urban life.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful and compelling By Mark Mannes A beautiful and compelling novelThis is a beautiful book whose main character, Brian, has such a convincing and compelling voice that I felt I could trust myself in his hands. Even though his life is not "together" by conventional standards, there is a quiet authority about him thatmade me hope his changing circumstances would allow him to fullyclaim his life. The novel's language is direct and elegant. Brian's conflicts as a gay man are authentic and there is no stereotyping going on here. This book doesn't make a lot of noise to attract attention to itself, which is one of the many reasons why it deserves attention. It is simple, fine, and deeply moving.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. very well done By Jason Levine You can tell that the author really inhabited her main character's head. She doesn't let him slip away once. Brian Moss may not be an "impressive person" on the outside, but he is on the inside, where it counts, and Grossman manages to convince us of this. I don't think Brian struggled any more or less with being gay than most of us, but it was interesting to see how his conflict held him back and, I think, finally pushed him forward. This is not "gay lit" in capital letters. It's a very good character study (actually more than one character). Just plain old lit.
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