The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer

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The Path of Minor Planets

Andrew Sean Greer

3.38 · 8 ratings · Published: 09 Apr 2001
The Path of Minor Planets by Andrew Sean Greer
In 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gathers to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved-ones change in subtle yet profound ways. The quietly brilliant Denise struggles for respect in her professional life; well liked and married Eli becomes increasingly attracted to Denise and her quixotic mind; and young, careless Lydia attempts to escape the scientists' long-casting shadows.

Visiting the friends every six years - as the comet approaches its nearest and furthest points from the sun - Andrew Sean Greer's remarkable and sweeping first novel is an exploration into chances taken and lost, of love found and broken, and of time's subtle gravitational pull on the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.

Author Biography: Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the critically acclaimed and award winning story collection How It Was For Me. His fiction has appeared in such publications as Esquire, The Paris Review, Ploughshares and Story. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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