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Autor Anita Brookneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 1998
Dorothea May is most at ease in the company of strangers. When her late husband's relatives prevail on her to take in a young man for the week before an unexpected family wedding, Thea's carefully constructed, solitary world is thrown into disarray. As the wedding approaches, old family secrets surface and conflicts erupt between the generations, trapping an unwilling Thea in the middle. Confronted by the company of Steve Best, a carefree young wanderer, Thea's fragile facade of peaceful acceptance is pierced, forcing her to face in a new way both her past and her future.
Exquisite writing, richly drawn characters, and penetrating prceptions about people are here combined into another superb novel by the writer about whom The New York Times Book Review has said, "If Henry James were around, the only writer he'd be reading with complete approval would be Anita Brookner."
From the Hardcover edition.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780679781479
ISBN-10: 0679781471
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Vintage Books USA
ISBN-10: 0679781471
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 132 x 201 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Vintage Books USA
Notă biografică
Anita Brookner lives in England and is the author of seventeen novels, including Incidents in the Rue Laugier, Altered States and A Closed Eye. In addition, she has also edited The Stories of Edith Wharton and is the author of The Genius of the Future: Essays in French Art Criticism.
From the Hardcover edition.
From the Hardcover edition.
Recenzii
"A superb storyteller in her prime."
-The Globe and Mail
"Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Brookner is a writer of great skill and precision. Passages of brilliant writing abound, hard-won insights that startle us with Brookner's clarity and succinct intelligence."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review
From the Hardcover edition.
-The Globe and Mail
"Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Brookner is a writer of great skill and precision. Passages of brilliant writing abound, hard-won insights that startle us with Brookner's clarity and succinct intelligence."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review
From the Hardcover edition.
Descriere
When her late husband's sister asked her to take in a reticent young drifter who is to be best man at a granddaughter's wedding, 70-year-old recluse Dorothea May is forced to realize that old age will require a good deal more courage than she had anticipated.