Lying Low - Brossura

Johnson, Diane

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0452279453 ISBN 13: 9780452279452

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 1998

Riassunto

An aging ex-dancer, her photographer brother, and the two boarders in their California Victorian house, a young political fugitive and a bewildered Brazilian woman, are helpless to contain the disaster that befalls them

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Recensione

“A nearly flawless performance—a beautifully constructed, elegantly written book, delicate in its perceptions, powerful in its impact.”—Robert Towers, New York Times
 
“Clever and deftly observant.”—Newsweek
 
“In the California college town of Orris stands a rooming house owned by ballet teacher Theodora Wait, 60, and her brother Anton, a famous nature photographer. In summer residence are only two boarders, Ouida, a sweet-natured Brazilian member of the ‘World Messianity’ movement, and a quiet, private girl known to the others solely as ‘Lynn.’ Actually her name is Marybeth Howe, and she's an FBI fugitive, having killed a scientist in a laboratory bombing six years before. Orris is a perfect refuge; Johnson's eye for mendicant/hip/political manifestations makes this a piece of fine California reportage... A chamber novel, basically a quartet for four intelligences... the satisfactions—for the head especially—are substantial.”—Kirkus Reviews

L'autore

Diane Johnson is the author of the bestselling novel Le Divorce, a 1997 National Book Award finalist, as well as twelve other books, including the novels Persian Nights, Health and Happiness, Lying Low, The Shadow Knows, and Burning (all available in Plume editions). She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0452279453
• ISBN 13: 9780452279452
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288