The Life Before Her Eyes Pa - Couverture souple

Kasischke, Laura

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156027127 ISBN 13 : 9780156027120

Editeur : Harvest, 2002

Synopsis

The Life Before Her Eyes Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment, the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of 40--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we experience the tasks of Diana's adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding onto her successful husband.
An acclaimed writer and poet, Laura Kasischke has crafted a consciousness that encompasses the truth of a teenager's world and the profound transformation of that world at midlife. Resonant and deeply stirring, The Life Before Her Eyes finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare from long ago that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring.

Revue de presse :

PRAISE FOR THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES

"Hauntingly original . . . A tour de force."--O Magazine

"Potent and poetic storytelling. Such is the agility of [Kasischke's] writing that it can encompass both a heinously nihilistic act and a most magical . . . outcome."--Elle

"Poetic . . . A novel that takes on deep matters of life and death; conscience and consciousness; family, love, and friendship."--Los Angeles Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvest
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0156027127
• ISBN 13: 9780156027120
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288