"Mortal Summer" by Mark Van Doren is a story set in the early 1950s that looks at love and betrayal while connecting people to both the godly and the everyday. It mixes mythical characters with the lives of regular people in the countryside to comment on life and relationships. Taking place in a short summer, the book thinks about the good and bad of being human focusing on Daniel, Dora, and Bruce. Daniel struggles with his feelings for Dora while dealing with the results of their affair. As summer goes on, stress rises between the characters, showing their hidden feelings, what society expects, and the effect of gods on their lives. The story ends with Dora's difficult childbirth and death, showing the complexity of love and loss. The gods watch these events showing the connection between divine and human weakness, to show how important human life is.
Mortal Summer
By Mark Van Doren
In a world where gods and mortals meet, a love triangle unfolds in an unforgettable summer marked by passion, loss, and the weight of destiny.
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About the AuthorMark Van Doren was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He was literary editor of The Nation, in New York City (1924–1928), and its film critic, 1935 to 1938.
Mark Van Doren was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He was literary editor of The Nation, in New York City (1924–1928), and its film critic, 1935 to 1938.
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