The Violet Hour
Autor Katherine Hillen Limba Engleză Paperback – iul 2015
Cassandra and her husband Abe are on the deck of their boat on a summer afternoon in the San Francisco Bay. There is a terrible row. Cassandra has been unfaithful. Again. In a fit of rage, Abe throws himself off the boat.
So beginsThe Violet Hour, an unsettling story of a marriage, of rich lives and the American dream, squandered. In this mesmerising novel, Katherine Hill reveals our darkest desires and how we can so easily tear the threads of the perfect life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241964132
ISBN-10: 024196413X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024196413X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Katherine
Hill
was
born
in
Washington,
D.C.,
in
1982.
Her
fiction
and
non-fiction
have
appeared
in
many
publications
includingn+1,Believer,Bookforum,ColoradoReviewand
theSan
Francisco
Chronicle.
This
is
her
first
novel.
Recenzii
A
rewardingfamily
sagareminiscent
of
Anne
Tyler's
novels.
.
.
Wonderfully
witty
Hill handlesthe intimacy of family ties with care and tenderness. . . Readers who enjoyed Jonathan Franzen'sFreedomwill relate as Hill's characters similarly and systematically unravel from each other
Anaffecting tale about decent but flawed people
The Violet Hoursucceeds in nearly every measure . . .the story of this family - at once alien and familiar, pitiable and impressive - is rendered with candor and economy
A bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness
An unusual retrospective of a family torn apart . . . Ableak and disturbing story but one that offers a glimmer of hope
Anabsorbingread . . .very goodon the unspoken nuances of family life and the irrational irritations we often feel for those we love
Splices humorous set pieces with gently searing revelations . . .a sophisticated saga, offering easy pleasures with no easy truths
Hill handlesthe intimacy of family ties with care and tenderness. . . Readers who enjoyed Jonathan Franzen'sFreedomwill relate as Hill's characters similarly and systematically unravel from each other
Anaffecting tale about decent but flawed people
The Violet Hoursucceeds in nearly every measure . . .the story of this family - at once alien and familiar, pitiable and impressive - is rendered with candor and economy
A bittersweet tale of breakup and forgiveness
An unusual retrospective of a family torn apart . . . Ableak and disturbing story but one that offers a glimmer of hope
Anabsorbingread . . .very goodon the unspoken nuances of family life and the irrational irritations we often feel for those we love
Splices humorous set pieces with gently searing revelations . . .a sophisticated saga, offering easy pleasures with no easy truths