Ruth - Couverture rigide

Riley, Kate

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593715942 ISBN 13 : 9780593715949

Editeur : Riverhead Books, 2025

Synopsis

A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick!

"It would never work out, but I'm in love with Ruth."--Ron Charles, The Washington Post

"A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait ... [a] standout."--Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

"There are inklings of greatness in Kate Riley's first novel... I suspect it will become an underground classic."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times

In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning.

Ruth is raised in a snow globe of Christian communism, a world without private property, television, or tolerance for idle questions. Every morning she braids her hair and wears the same costume, sings the same breakfast song in a family room identical to every other family room in the community; every one of these moments is meant to be a prayer, but to Ruth they remain puzzles. Her life is seen in glimpses through childhood, marriage, and motherhood, as she tries to manage her own perilous curiosity in a community built on holy mystery. Is she happy? Might this in fact be happiness? Ruth immerses us in an experience that challenges our most fervent beliefs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kate Riley was raised in New York City. This is her last book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Riverhead Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593715942
• ISBN 13: 9780593715949
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: RIVERHEAD; https://www.penguin.com/riverhead-overview/; ; Attn: Andrea T Sheridan 1745 BROADWAY, 14-1; NEW YORK; NY; 10019; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible