Kya- The Golden Bowl

This is book two for the classic challenge. The story line is that a very wealthy art collector and his adored only daughter both take a spouse. The daughter marries for love but the new husband is somewhat like a valuable acquisition. The father marries, at his daughter's request, the daughter's beautiful but poor friend. There is a betrayal, which I won't betray, and the bulk of the book is taken up with the psychological manipulations that bring the book to its' conclusion. This is primarily an interior story. There is a plot and there are plot developments but mostly it is about what the characters are thinking and by extension feeling. I would consider this not an easy book to read. The writing is very dense and not leavened with humor. I think it is an interesting and challenging read and I'm happy to have finished it.