A darkly luminous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The HoursMichael Cunninghams luminous novel begins with a vision. Its November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesnt believe in visions--or in God--but he cant deny what hes seen.At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barretts older brother, a struggling musician, is trying--and failing--to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.
