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Richard Bausch

Americanb. April 18, 1945Literary Fiction

Richard Bausch is a Virginia fiction writer of extraordinary emotional depth whose novels and stories of marriage, family, and war belong to the tradition of Chekhov and Tolstoy. Peace is his great war novel set in World War II Italy.

Works

  • Real PresenceEstranged couple confronts their marriage's dissolution through spiritual crisis→
  • Take Me BackDivorced couple's rekindled love navigates past trauma and second-chance possibilities→
  • The Last Good TimeRetired man's final days exploring mortality, memory, and connection with a young woman→
  • ViolencePriest and former patient confront violence and redemption in a morally complex relationship→
  • PeaceSoldier returns from war broken and searches for redemption through love and faith→

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