As Close to Us as Breathing: A Novel
Autor Elizabeth Polineren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2016
A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones).
In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with children in tow and weekend-only husbands who arrive each Friday in time for the Sabbath meal.
During the weekdays, freedom reigns. Ada, the family beauty, relaxes and grows more playful, unimpeded by her rule-driven, religious husband. Vivie, once terribly wronged by her sister, is now the family diplomat and an increasingly inventive chef. Unmarried Bec finds herself forced to choose between the family-centric life she's always known and a passion-filled life with the married man with whom she's had a secret years-long affair.
But when a terrible accident occurs on the sisters' watch, a summer of hope and self-discovery transforms into a lifetime of atonement and loss for members of this close-knit clan. Seen through the eyes of Molly, who was twelve years old when she witnessed the accident, this is the story of a tragedy and its aftermath, of expanding lives painfully collapsed. Can Molly, decades after the event, draw from her aunt Bec's hard-won wisdom and free herself from the burden that destroyed so many others?
Elizabeth Poliner is a masterful storyteller, a brilliant observer of human nature, and inAs Close to Us as Breathingshe has created an unforgettable meditation on grief, guilt, and the boundaries of identity and love.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316384131
ISBN-10: 0316384135
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Lee Boudreaux / Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316384135
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Lee Boudreaux / Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Elizabeth
Poliner
is
the
author
ofMutual
Life
&
Casualty,
a
novel-in-stories,
and
the
forthcoming
collection
of
poems,What
You
Know
in
Your
Hands.Her
stories
and
poems
have
appeared
inThe
Kenyon
Review,
Colorado
Review,
The
Southern
Review,
Prairie
Schooner,and
many
other
journals.
A
recipient
of
seven
individual
artist
grants
from
the
D.C.
Commission
on
the
Arts
and
Humanities,
she
has
also
been
awarded
fiction
scholarships
to
the
Bread
Loaf
and
Sewanee
writers'
conferences.
She
teaches
creative
writing
at
Hollins
University.
Recenzii
"Vivid,
complex,
and
beautifully
written,
Elizabeth
Poliner's
novel,As
Close
to
Us
as
Breathing,brims
with
characters
who
leave
an
indelible
impression
on
the
mind
and
heart.
This
moving
story
of
the
way
one
unforgettable
family
struggles
with
love
and
loss
shows
an
uncommon
depth
of
human
understanding.
Elizabeth
Poliner
is
a
wonderful
talent
and
she
should
be
read
widely,
and
again
and
again."
—Edward
P.
Jones,
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
author
ofThe
Known
World
"What a lovely,lovelybook." —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
"Poliner depicts each character with sensitivity and insight...Beautifully written, stringently unsentimental, and yet tender in its empathy for the perennial human conflict between service and self."—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Poliner's novel is an exquisitely written investigation of grief and atonement, and an elegy for a Jewish family bound together by tradition and tribe."—Publishers Weekly
"Beautiful.... A nuanced, intricate family drama that explores their tight culture at a turning point.... [It's] the kind of novel you sink into blissfully. It casts a spell.... [Poliner's] characters seem so real, so multi-dimensional, so sympathetic even when they mess up that you have to shake yourself back to the present each time you put down the book....As Close to Us As Breathingis a marvel of artful storytelling."—NPR.org
"Resonant, sensitively observed...Poliner has a keen eye for the awkwardness and sudden leaping insights of adolescents on the brink of adulthood....Poliner also deserves kudos for the warm, particularized light in which she dresses her many characters.As Close to Us as Breathingis a big-hearted roundelay of a novel that, among other things, performs the invaluable service of recovering a lost world."—New York Times Book Review
"If summer, for you, recalls days spent by the seashore, Poliner's saga of three Jewish sisters and the beachfront cottage they share with their families--until life-altering tragedy strikes--will enthrall you."
—O, the Oprah Magazine
"An instant classic.... Poliner handles the texture of Jewish family life with brilliance, authenticity, and a touch of wistfulness."
—Jewish Book Council
"Superb...As Close to Us as Breathing is a beautiful, complex, character-driven novel. In the author's capable hands, every one of Poliner's characters feels real. And, just as in reality, some of them succumb to life's challenging circumstances. And, just as in reality, some of them succumb to life's challenging circumstances. And some of them ultimately soar."
—Jerusalem Post
"What a lovely,lovelybook." —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
"Poliner depicts each character with sensitivity and insight...Beautifully written, stringently unsentimental, and yet tender in its empathy for the perennial human conflict between service and self."—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Poliner's novel is an exquisitely written investigation of grief and atonement, and an elegy for a Jewish family bound together by tradition and tribe."—Publishers Weekly
"Beautiful.... A nuanced, intricate family drama that explores their tight culture at a turning point.... [It's] the kind of novel you sink into blissfully. It casts a spell.... [Poliner's] characters seem so real, so multi-dimensional, so sympathetic even when they mess up that you have to shake yourself back to the present each time you put down the book....As Close to Us As Breathingis a marvel of artful storytelling."—NPR.org
"Resonant, sensitively observed...Poliner has a keen eye for the awkwardness and sudden leaping insights of adolescents on the brink of adulthood....Poliner also deserves kudos for the warm, particularized light in which she dresses her many characters.As Close to Us as Breathingis a big-hearted roundelay of a novel that, among other things, performs the invaluable service of recovering a lost world."—New York Times Book Review
"If summer, for you, recalls days spent by the seashore, Poliner's saga of three Jewish sisters and the beachfront cottage they share with their families--until life-altering tragedy strikes--will enthrall you."
—O, the Oprah Magazine
"An instant classic.... Poliner handles the texture of Jewish family life with brilliance, authenticity, and a touch of wistfulness."
—Jewish Book Council
"Superb...As Close to Us as Breathing is a beautiful, complex, character-driven novel. In the author's capable hands, every one of Poliner's characters feels real. And, just as in reality, some of them succumb to life's challenging circumstances. And, just as in reality, some of them succumb to life's challenging circumstances. And some of them ultimately soar."
—Jerusalem Post