Becoming Strangers - Brossura

Dean, Louise

Brossura

ISBN 10: 015603266X ISBN 13: 9780156032667

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2007

Riassunto

After more than half a century of marriage, Dorothy and George are embarking on their first journey abroad together. Three decades younger, Jan and Annemieke are taking the last in their tumultuous union. At first the luxury of a Caribbean resort is no match for the habits of domestic life. Then the couples’ paths cross, and a series of surprises ensues—a disappearance and an assault, most dramatically, but also a teapot tempest of passions, slights, misunder­standings, and small awakenings that punctuate a week in which each pair struggles to come to terms with what’s been keeping them apart.  Becoming Strangers is a different kind of love story—bitter­sweet, bitingly funny, and ultimately redeeming.

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Recensione:

PRAISE FOR BECOMING STRANGERS

"Breathtaking . . . Dean crafts a gut-wrenching tale of marital recklessness and guilt that is reminiscent of John Updike at his most masterful . . . Becoming Strangers is poignant, authentic, funny and extraordinary. For Dean, it marks the beginning of what promises to be a spectacular career."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Dean peels back the skin of these marriages with an unflinching lack of sentimentality and an immense talent for close observation and evocative, often poetic detail. She can reach straight into a character’s heart . . . The ending is unexpected, yet entirely deserved. Dean has produced an ideal novel."—The Atlantic Monthly

L'autore:

LOUISE DEAN lives in France. Becoming Strangers, long-listed for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and winner of the Betty Trask Prize, is her first book.  Winner of the Betty Trask Prize
Long-listed for the 2004 Man Booker Prize
Long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award
Long-listed for the IMPAC Award

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 015603266X
• ISBN 13: 9780156032667
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 305