Reunion by Alan Lightman

I decided to give some more Lightman a try after reading "Einstein's Dreams." "Reunion" is written with a very light, quiet tone. It's about an older man who is overwhelmed by a flashback to a lost love while at his college reunion. The story is really resolved but it shouldn't be. It's less a complete plot and more like a witness to an intimate moment in his memory. There are a few things that don't fit together, mainly the build up to the flashback when he prepares for the reunion and starts meeting a few old friends. There is a great section about the strange biography written by an old acquaintance, but it gets dropped and doesn't really tie back into the story. I realize how it thematically fits in with the larger work, but the placement stuck out to me. All in all it was a good book and I'd like to read his other novel, "The Diagnosis."