Goldengrove: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Prose, Francine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0066214114 ISBN 13 : 9780066214115

Editeur : Harper, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Prose Francine

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“With perfect pitch and no trace of sentimentality, Prose . . . lands on the precise emotional key for this novel . . . allowing humor and compassion to seep through the cracks of an otherwise dark tale.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Ms. Prose is perceptive. . . . Her modest-sounding book turns out to be beautifully wrought.... and yields an unexpectedly rich, tart, eye-opening sense of Nico’s world.” (New York Times)

“With a dazzling mix of directness and metaphor, Prose captures the centrifugal and isolating force of grief...Prose exquisitely renders her characters’ grief and bafflement.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Arguably, “Goldengrove” is her best book yet.” (Seattle Times)

“Prose locates the life force that gives her narrator the quirky, irreverent but undeniable sound of a survivor. . . . Prose is tremendously skilled.” (Chicago Tribune)

“Francine Prose’s new novel is a quiet, clear-eyed, sun-dappled eulogy to lost youth, and a youth lost. . . . [Prose is ] a keen chronicler of human emotion.” (Elle)

“A page-turner, thanks to its wholly identifiable, and perfectly flawed, young heroine. A-” (Entertainment Weekly)

“A beautiful narrative that defines resilience as the sometimes heartbreaking act of simply living” (Redbook Magazine)

“A poignant account of growing up amid sorrow...a tender and moving story of adolescent love.” (Hartford Courant)

“Prose holds up a mirror to grief and family life we can’t look away from, revealing their truths on page after page, in beautifully crafted writing.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Quatrième de couverture :

At the center of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope toward understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend.

Over one haunted summer, Nico must face that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them. She learns about the power of art, of time and place, the mystery of loss and recovery. But for all the darkness at the novel's heart, the narrative itself is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of teenage life.

Goldengrove takes its place among the great novels of adolescence, beside Henry James's The Awkward Age and L. P. Hartley's The Go-Between.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0066214114
• ISBN 13: 9780066214115
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288