Journeying backward in time--from 1950 to 1926--this masterpiece of women's literary fiction presents an indelible portrait of a marriage. Moving backward in time from the '50s to the '20s, The Long View presents a revealing portrait of a marriage -- that of Antonia and Conrad Fleming. Told through Antonia's eyes, it is a gut-wrenching and extraordinary look at marriage -- both from the outside in and from present to pass.