Woman of the Inner Sea - Couverture souple

Keneally, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0452271770 ISBN 13 : 9780452271777

Editeur : Plume, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Keneally Thomas

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why would wealthy Kate Gaffney-Kozinsky flee her husband, lover, family, and society? What can she find by losing herself in the bleak Australian outback? The fascinating answers shape a novel that gives new definition to a woman's strength and endurance. Kate's odyssey takes her from a privileged girlhood, through her meaningless marriage to a lawless tycoon, and an empty erotic affair with a true-blue gentleman. But when her life of pampered pleasure gives way to one of unspeakable tragedy, all certainties are shattered, and Kate is plunged into a blind gamble on an unknown future in the middle of nowhere. The job she finds, the lovers she takes, and her final confrontation with her husband's power and her own past self interweave comedy, irony, drama, suspense, and wondrously affirmative human revelation. With its vivid setting, its cross-section of colorful characters, and, at its center, its passionate heroine caught in a nightmare of grief and deception, Women of the Inner Sea is at once startlingly intimate and universally appealing. It adds a new dimension and fresh luster to one of the major literary reputations of our time. 

"One of the finest storytellers in the business . . . at the top of his form . . . an extraordinary, eloquently written tale."—The Boston Globe

Revue de presse :

A remarkable, powerful novel, all the more exciting for the exotic background so vividly described (Daily Express)

Marvellous, surprising, exhausting (Observer)

Beautifully crafted . . . highly original and deeply moving (Sunday Express)

Thomas Keneally is a novelist of high quality and great daring . . . Best of all he is a marvellous storyteller. This is a splendid and satisfying novel (Scotsman)

Unmistakeably the work of an accomplished writer . . . The Australian landscape is well evoked, and the characters continue to impress (Independent)

The story is a strong one and Keneally tells it with all his customary verbal richness and exactitude (Independent on Sunday)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Plume
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0452271770
• ISBN 13: 9780452271777
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288