Fever - Brossura

Keane, Mary Beth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1471112977 ISBN 13: 9781471112973

Casa editrice: Simon + Schuster UK, 2013

Riassunto

Fever casts a brilliant light over the life of a figure once described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, is headstrong and brave, a woman who has battled fiercely to better her lot in life and keep her wayward lover Alfred on the straight and narrow. She works her way up the ranks to cook for the wealthiest families in Manhattan, but leaves a trail of death and disease in her wake. When she is imprisoned in complete isolation, despite being perfectly healthy herself, she refuses to understand her paradoxical situation. Condemned by press and public alike, she is branded a murderer, but continues to fight for her freedom. Mary Beth Keane's fictional account is as fiercely compelling as Typhoid Mary herself and Keane presents us with a very cleverly wrought conundrum: was Mary Mallon a selfish monster, or was she a hounded innocent?

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Recensione:

'Mary Beth Keane is one of those gifted young writers who helps me believe -- still! -- in the power of literature' Colum McCann

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Simon + Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471112977
• ISBN 13: 9781471112973
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 306