The Darling - Rilegato

Banks, Russell

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ISBN 10: 0060197358 ISBN 13: 9780060197353

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2004

Riassunto

Having fled to West Africa in the late 1970s for her work as a political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah Musgrave befriends notorious former Liberian president Charles Taylor, whom she helps to escape from prison and who years later leads a rebellion that threatens Hannah's family. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Banks’s novel is a vivid account of a time of terror, exposing the secrets of the soul.” (O magazine)

“Powerful and evocative...” (Newsweek)

“Banks creates a heroine every bit as complex and flawed as someone out of Jane Austen.” (Hartford Courant)

“A powerful new novel.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“Hannah’s story shows why Banks ranks among our boldest artists.” (Boston Globe)

“Banks has created a heroine every bit as complex and flawed as something out of Jane Austen.” (St. Petersburg Times)

“Reverberating with ideas and startling prose.” (Village Voice)

“In The Darling, he is working at full strength, and his readers are in his debt.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Once again, he has produced a novel that is searing, demanding and unforgettable.” (Newsweek)

“Banks has written a novel that is utterly accessible, forcefully wrought and undeniably passionate.” (Associated Press)

L'autore:

Russell Banks is president of the International Parliament of Writers.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060197358
• ISBN 13: 9780060197353
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 391