Housekeeping - Brossura

Robinson, Marilynne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571164021 ISBN 13: 9780571164028

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2005

Riassunto

Acclaimed on publication as a contemporary classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America.

Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a novel about loss, loneliness and transience.

'I love and have lived with this book . . . it holds a unique and quiet place among the masterpieces of 20th-century American fiction.' Paul Bailey

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson's first novel, was acclaimed by critics and later filmed by Bill Forsyth. She is also the author of a non-fiction title, the controversial Mother Country. Marilynne Robinson lives in New England.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571164021
• ISBN 13: 9780571164028
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224