Hotel of the Saints: Stories - Couverture souple

Hegi, Ursula

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743227166 ISBN 13 : 9780743227162

Editeur : Touchstone, 2002

Synopsis

The bestselling author of Stones from the River and The Vision of Emma Blau renews her reputation as an extraordinary writer of short stories in this major collection that balances her reader on the magical border of laughter and sorrow.
In Hotel of the Saints, Hegi enters the perspectives of lovers and loners, eccentrics and artists, children and parents: a musician tries to protect her daughter from loving a blind man; a seminary student yearns for the certainty of faith that belonged to him as a boy; a woman transcends her embarrassment for her first love, who has tripled in size.
Ursula Hegi's bicultural background enriches these eleven luminous stories that are set in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. Her characters take risks in searching out the unique places where faith thrives for each of them -- a rundown hotel, the currents of Cabo San Lucas, the embrace of an ex-convict. And once again, she surrounds them with her elegant language and exquisite images.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ursula Hegi (1946–2026) was the author of twelve books including Stones from the River, Children Fire, and Floating in My Mother’s Palm. She taught writing at Stonybrook's Southhampton Campus and was the recipient of more than thirty grants and awards.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The bestselling author of "The Vision of Emma Blau" renews her reputation as an extraordinary writer of short stories in her first major collection in more than a decade.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Touchstone
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743227166
• ISBN 13: 9780743227162
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas