THE SECRET - Brossura

Hoffman, Eva

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ISBN 10: 0345465369 ISBN 13: 9780345465368

Casa editrice: Random House, Inc., 2008

Riassunto

Seventeen-year-old Iris Surrey, increasingly troubled by her unusually close relationship with her look-alike mother, sets out in 2022 Chicago to learn the identity of her father, and along the way, the secret of her own origin. Reprint.

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Recensione

“Inquiring and intelligent . . . The Secret is a meditation on that central puzzle of human life, the puzzle of identity.”
—The Washington Post

“An intelligent and delightfully bizarre excursion into ethical and philosophical issues raised by technology.”
—Elle

“THE COMPELLING STORY OF AN INDIVIDUAL GIRL TRYING TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT HERSELF.”
—The Independent

“Hoffman’s consistent sensitivity is informed by her wide erudition. . . . The Secret is compelling throughout for Hoffman’s prose, for her insights on identity, for her reflections on history.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“Hoffman brilliantly meditates on [a] mystery in her auspicious fiction debut. . . . This is a novel of ideas in the tradition of 1984 and Brave New World.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Hoffman’s . . . multilayered, cautionary ‘fable’ of genetic engineering in the near future proves compelling, in both its cool intelligence and its insistent moral questioning. . . . The Secret is intriguing and deeply sinister, even as it ultimately affirms those mysteries of life and human freedom that still elude us.”
—The Guardian

“VERY MUCH RECOMMENDED . . .[A] thoughtful, philosophical treatment of the devastating effects a wholly fatherless state can trigger. An uneasy look at the potential fallout from biological tampering, this first novel . . . is ripe for lively book discussion.”
—Library Journal

“A serious, intelligent, psychological novel which will enhance Hoffman’s reputation for wise words gracefully expressed.”
—Financial Times

“Hoffman sketches a creepily plausible near-future in which her protagonist experiences a very 21st-century identity crisis.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A modern allegory somewhere between Frankenstein, the golems of Jewish folklore, and Blade Runner.”
—Independent on Sunday

L'autore

Eva Hoffman was born in Krakow, Poland, and emigrated to America in her teens. She is the author of Lost in Translation, Exit Into History, Shtetl, The Secret, and After Such Knowledge. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Award, and an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Hoffman lives in London.

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• Editore: Random House, Inc.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0345465369
• ISBN 13: 9780345465368
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272