A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club)

Hamilton, Jane

ISBN 10: 0385500769 / ISBN 13: 9780385500760

Editore: Doubleday, 1999

Codice articolo 0385500769-3-23799300

Riassunto:

While under the care of Alice Goodwin, a neighbor's child drowns in the Goodwins' pond, a devastating accident that has profound repercussions for the entire Goodwin family, in a story set in a small Midwestern farm town

Informazioni sull'autore: Jane Hamilton lives, works, and writes in an orchard farmhouse in Wisconsin. Her short stories have appeared in Harper's Magazine, and her first book, The Book of Ruth, was awarded the 1989 PENHemingway Foundation Award for best first novel. Seven years after its publication, The Book of Ruth was chosen for the Oprah Book Club, giving it a second life. In 1994 Hamilton published A Map of the World which became an international best seller, and in 1998, The Short History of a Prince, which won the Heartland Prize for Fiction, and was shortlisted for Britain's Orange Prize.


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Titolo: A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club)
Casa editrice: Doubleday
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good