Shards of Memory - Couverture souple

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140250883 ISBN 13 : 9780140250886

Editeur : Penguin, 1996

Synopsis

This novel, set in both London and New York, concerns the family of a modern-day guru and leader of men, their difficulties in adjusting to the idea and how they cope.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A young man named Henry sits down with his grandmother, a genial lady still called Baby by everyone, in her Manhattan townhouse where he has lived all his life, to record the history of a spiritual movement that has woven itself into the fabric of their family's lives for four generations. What unfolds is a mesmerizing family saga:  the imperious great-grandmother Elsa and her husband, an Indian poet, whose marriage is as unconventional as the movement they help to found; Baby, their cheerfully pragmatic daughter, married to the aloof English diplomat Graeme; bemused and brooding Renata, Baby and Graeme's daughter, married to an idle dreamer; and finally Henry, Renata's son, who in many ways bears the legacy of all that has gone before. Their lives--and that of the movement's elusive yet ineluctable founder, known only as the Master--intertwine, diverge, and collide with each other in a masterfully orchestrated story spanning the twentieth century and several continents.

By turns brilliantly satiric, insightful, and profoundly moving, Shards Of Memory is a beautifully wrought tale of love and devotion, of family and faith, and of the complex nature of memory itself--a literary tour de force from one of the most distinguished novelists of our time.

Revue de presse

"Magical . . . [Jhabvala] is one of those rare writers who manages to mock without sneering, to be simultaneously caustic and loving with her creations. She writes with a simplicity reminiscent of . . . E.M. Forster."--The Wall Street Journal

"Master of her craft."--Anne Tyler, The Boston Globe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140250883
• ISBN 13: 9780140250886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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