ENEMY WOMEN

Jiles, Paulette

ISBN 10 : 0007291841 ISBN 13 : 9780007291847

Editeur : Fourth Estate, 2008

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“ENEMY WOMEN deserves the Pulitzer Prize.” (Toronto Globe and Mail)

“I loved…it provides the greatest suspense a story can offer: will someone we’ve come to love persevere and prosper?” (Anna Quindlen)

“…remarkable happens...it becomes inspired… Adair becomes a storyteller in order to survive. And so - triumphantly - does Paulette Jiles.” (New York Times Book Review (cover))

“This is a book with backbone, written with tough, haunting eloquence.” (New York Times)

“Jiles paints the struggles of the era with the same intensity as Charles Frazier’s 1997 bestseller Cold Mountain …” (People)

“Sure to be touted as a new COLD MOUNTAIN...stark, unsentimental, yet touching novel will not suffer in comparison.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A remarkable debut… Splendid.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“…beautifully written passages…a real page-turner.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

“...[G]ifted Missouri historian...acutely portrays Missouri’s logistic misfortune as a hotbed of both Union and Confederate violence.” (Booklist)

“Enemy Women is all strength and poetry, as are history’s grandest ordinary women and extraordinary writing.” (Kaye Gibbons)

“You know what it means when there is Paulette Jiles inside? Be smart. Open the book.” (Gordon Lish)

“ENEMY WOMEN...has a Homeresque feel to it. Like something written by an old soul.” (Carolyn Chute)

“Jiles has created an unsentimental yet tender world of destruction, despair, and hope that’s a joy to inhabit.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Comparing Enemy Women to Cold Mountain doesn’t quite do Jiles’s novel justice.” (Washington Post)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A gritty, memorable book ? it is a delight from start to finish, without a single misstep. Tracy Chevalier Missouri, 1865. Adair Colley and her family have managed to hide from the bloody Armageddon of the American Civil War, but finally even their remote mountain farm cannot escape the plundering greed of the Union militia. Her house is burnt, her father beaten and dragged away. With fierce determination, Adair sets out after him on foot. So begins an extraordinary voyage which will see Adair herself denounced as a Confederate spy and thrown in jail. Here she falls passionately in love with her Union interrogator, who helps her escape. Braving uncounted dangers with wit, ingenuity, and an outrageous courage, she struggles to return home, to reunite her family, and - against all odds - to find her love again, this time as a free woman. With cinematic sweep and a galloping pace, 'Enemy Women' introduces readers to the most memorable heroine of many years.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Fourth Estate
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0007291841
• ISBN 13: 9780007291847
• Reliure: Impression à la demande
• Nombre de pages: 320