K. - Couverture souple

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1610530314 ISBN 13 : 9781610530316

Editeur : Blackbird Books, 2015

Synopsis

Part mystery, part hospital soap opera, and part social commentary, Mary Roberts Rinehart's 1914 novel, K., is a look at a vanished world, a social artifact from the early 20th century, complete with rowdy, old-school roadhouses, forlorn lovers, and themes of revenge, altruism, and pride, not to mention a mysterious stranger known only as K.

Recent dramatic series, like The Knick, Mr. Selfridge, and Downton Abbey, have sought to give us a clear-eyed look at things as they were a century ago, but K. is the real McCoy, a time capsule taking us directly into that period and showing us life as it was before the Great War, before penicillin, before the vast changes in social norms that we now take for granted.

One of the first romantic mysteries, it is also a window in on medicine as it was practiced a hundred years ago, and, as such, provides the perfect backdrop to delve into the mysteries of the human heart as well as the mysteries of our own past.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Murder Mystery about K. LeMoyne, famous surgeon, drops out of the world that has known him, and goes to live in a little town where beautiful Sidney Page lives who is training to become a nurse. The joys and troubles of their young love are told with that keen and sympathetic appreciation which has made the author famous.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackbird Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1610530314
• ISBN 13: 9781610530316
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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