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The luminous novella and reports in Age Suffering discover the vicissitudes of love, friendship, and relationship with the empathy and understanding which have become expected from Jane Smiley, the Pulitzer Prize—winning writer of One Thousand Acres.In “The Pleasure of Her Company,” a depressed, solitary girl befriends the married-couple nearby, wishing to understand the key of the joy. In “Long Length,” a guy sees herself relieved of the duty to carry on an event that's no further persuasive to him, simply to be waylaid by the shame he feels at his simple escape. When she's spurned and within the incandescently shifting and smart title novella, a dentist, conscious that his girlfriend has fallen in deep love with another person, should comfort her, while sustaining the key of their own complex sadness. Superbly composed, with a vibrant witty contact and a wry intelligence, Age Suffering catches moments of great intimacy with elegance, understanding, and marked psychological energy.