The Maytrees: A Novel - Brossura

Dillard, Annie

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ISBN 10: 0061239542 ISBN 13: 9780061239540

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2008

Riassunto

Sharing a simple life with his wife and young son in the post-war artist community of his childhood, free-thinking poet Toby Maytree is aided with child-care responsibilities by close friend Deary, who years later comes between Toby and his wife. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Dillard calls on her erudition as a naturalist and her grace as a poet to create an enthralling story of marriage—particular and universal, larky and monumental.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A superbly written novel. . . . The compact, elliptical narrative will continue to pervade the reader’s consciousness long after the novel ends.” (Kirkus (starred review))

“A rhapsodic novel of our times. . . . In this mythic and transfixing tale, Dillard wryly questions notions of love, exalts in life’s metamorphoses, and celebrates goodness. She casts a spell sensuous and metaphysical.” (Booklist (starred review))

“Dillard, a naturalist at heart, poignantly tracks the relationships between Lou and Toby Maytree across 50 years.” (More Magazine)

“Glorious.” (The Miami Herald)

“In The Maytrees, Dillard creates a beautiful sense of stillness as she details the unencumbered lives of Toby and Lou.” (The Christian Science Monitor)

“Dillard has written an elegant metaphor strewn and at the same time beach-funky, philosophically minded, ocean-side love story set on Cape Cod, between the dunes and the star-splashed sky above.” (NPR's All Things Considered)

“Dillard’s erudition and her tendency to pose large philosophical and moral questions are in evidence here as in her other works. . . . The Maytrees is a fine book, both in depth of insight and freshness of language . . . by one of our finest contemporary authors.” (The Roanoke Times)

“Each paragraph of Dillard’s novel is a thing of beauty, meticulously crafted and vivid, whether expressing the loveliness of a seascape or a man’s inner turmoil.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“A gorgeous meditation on one couple’s slog through marriage, separation and reconciliation.” (The Washington Post)

L'autore:

Annie Dillard has written twelve books,including in nonfiction For the Time Being, Teaching a Stone to Talk, Holy the Firm, and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061239542
• ISBN 13: 9780061239540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 216