The Three Weissmanns of Westport
Autor Cathleen Schineen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2011
A "New York Times" Best Seller
A" New York Times Book Review" Editors' Choice
Betty Weissmann has just been dumped by her husband of forty-eight years. Exiled from her elegant New York apartment by her husband's mistress, she and her two middle-aged daughters, Miranda and Annie, regroup in a run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage. In Schine's playful and devoted homage to Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," the impulsive sister is Miranda, a literary agent entangled in a series of scandals, and the more pragmatic sister is Annie, a library director, who feels compelled to move in and watch over her capricious mother and sister. Schine's witty, wonderful novel" ""is simply full of "pleasure" the pleasure of reading, the pleasure of Austen, and the pleasure that the characters so rightly and humorously pursue .An absolute triumph" ("The Cleveland Plain Dealer")."
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 031268052X
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 141 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Picador USA
Descriere
A" NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "EDITORS' CHOICE
Betty Weissmann has just been dumped by her husband of forty-eight years. Exiled from her elegant New York apartment by her husband's mistress, she and her two middle-aged daughters, Miranda and Annie, regroup in a run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage. In Schine's playful and devoted homage to Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," the impulsive sister is Miranda, a literary agent entangled in a series of scandals, and the more pragmatic sister is Annie, a library director, who feels compelled to move in and watch over her capricious mother and sister. Schine's witty, wonderful novel" ""is simply full of "pleasure": the pleasure of reading, the pleasure of Austen, and the pleasure that the characters so rightly and humorously pursue....An absolute triumph" ("The Cleveland Plain Dealer").
Recenzii
"“Schine has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy . . . "The Three Weissmanns of Westport" is full of invention, wit, and wisdom that can bear comparison to Austen’s own.” —"The New York Review of Books
"“A success…Sharp-edged satire.” —Marion Winik, " The Miami Herald
"“A clever, frothy novel…Schine playfully probes the lies, self-deceptions, and honorable hearts of her characters.” —"The New Yorker
"“Schine sets the Austen machinery in perfect forward motion, and then works some lovely modern changes, keeping the pace going at a