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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION In Jennifer duBoiss mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. With uncommon perception and wit, duBois explores the power of memory, the depths of human courage, and the endurance of love. NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL FOR FIRST FICTION WINNER OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE Astonishingly beautiful and brainy . . . [a] stunning novel.O: The Oprah Magazine I cant remember reading another novelat least not recentlythats both incredibly intelligent and also emotionally engaging.Nancy Pearl, NPR In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins a quixotic quest: He launches a dissident presidential campaign against Vladimir Putin. He knows he will not winand that he is risking his life in the processbut a deeper conviction propels him forward. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, thirty-year-old English lecturer Irina Ellison struggles for a sense of purpose. Irina is certain she has inherited Huntingtons diseasethe same cruel illness that ended her fathers life. When Irina finds an old, photocopied letter her father wrote to the young Aleksandr Bezetov, she makes a fateful decision. Her father asked the chess prodigy a profound questionHow does one proceed in a lost cause?but never received an adequate reply. Leaving everything behind, Irina travels to Russia to find Bezetov and get an answer for her father, and for herself. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Salon BookPage Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Readers Circle for author chats and more. Praise for A Partial History of Lost Causes A thrilling debut . . . [Jennifer] DuBois writes with haunting richness and fierce intelligence. . . . Full of bravado, insight, and clarity.Elle DuBois is precise and unsentimental. . . . She moves with a magicians control between points of view, continents, histories, and sympathies.The New Yorker A real page-turner . . . a psychological thriller of great nuance and complexity.The Dallas Morning News Terrific . . . In urgent fashion, duBois deftly evokes Russias political and social metamorphosis over the past thirty years through the prism of this particular and moving relationship.Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hilarious and heartbreaking and a triumph of the imagination.Gary Shteyngart Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780812982176
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