Unless: A Novel - Brossura

Shields, Carol

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ISBN 10: 0060874406 ISBN 13: 9780060874407

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2006

Riassunto

Forty-four-year-old Reta Winters, wife, mother, writer, and translator, is living a happy life until one of her three daughters drops out of university to sit on a downtown street corner silent and cross-legged with a begging bowl in her lap and a placard round her neck that says "Goodness."

The final book from Pulitzer Prize-winner Carol Shields, Unless is a candid and deeply moving novel from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and beloved authors.

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Recensione:

“A landmark book...yet another noteworthy addition to Shields’s impressive body of work.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A brave, profound, and quirky novel with an undercurrent of the deeply amusing.” (Anita Shreve, author of Sea Glass)

“A wonderful, powerful book, written in a style which combines simplicity and elegance. I found it deeply moving.” (Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat)

“Finely detailed, thoughtful and sometimes even humorous, this book is highly recommended for all fiction collections.” (Library Journal)

“Often quietly heartbreaking...often, bitingly humorous.” (Kirkus (starred review))

“Marvelously idiosyncratic, passionate and wise, Shields’ tenth novel rollicks from beginning to end with sauciness and wit.” (Book Magazine)

“All novelists worth their fictional salt can create fine characters; Carol Shields creates lives. ” (New York Times Book Review)

“Nothing short of astonishing.” (The New Yorker)

“A thing of beauty―lucidly written, artfully ordered, riddled with riddles and undergirded with dark layers of philosophical meditations.” (Los Angeles Times)

“With a poet’s precision, Shields dissects grief and makes coping with bad luck feel like domestic heroism.” (People)

L'autore:

Carol Shields was born in Chicago and lived in Canada for most of her life. She is the author of three short story collections and eight novels, including the Pulitzer Prize -- winning The Stone Diaries and Larry’s Party, winner of the Orange Prize.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060874406
• ISBN 13: 9780060874407
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320