The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel - Brossura

Diamant, Anita

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743225740 ISBN 13: 9780743225748

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2006

Riassunto

Endeavoring to build a life for herself in a dying early nineteenth-century New England town, Judy Rhines struggles with feelings of profound loneliness and impacts the lives of Black Ruth, a freed slave who dresses as a man and works as a stone mason; Mrs. Stanley, an imperious madam; and Oliver, who overcomes a painful childhood. By the author of The Red Tent. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"The book has a compelling, page-turning pull...with spare yet vividly descriptive prose."

-- The Boston Globe

"[Diamant's] theme -- that life teems even as it dwindles -- has all the more power for its subtle, unsentimental articulation."

-- The Washington Post

"[A] superb historical novel."

-- Baltimore Sun

"The book is haunting.... [It] will linger with you for days."

-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A quiet tribute to love's power."

-- The Miami Herald

"An excellent novel."

-- The New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Anita Diamant is the bestselling author of the novels The Boston Girl, The Red Tent, Good Harbor, The Last Days of Dogtown, and Day After Night, and the collection of essays, Pitching My Tent. An award-winning journalist whose work appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine and Parenting, she is the author of six nonfiction guides to contemporary Jewish life. She lives in Massachusetts. Visit her website at AnitaDiamant.com.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743225740
• ISBN 13: 9780743225748
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304