Illumination Night - Couverture rigide

Hoffman, Alice

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0399132821 ISBN 13 : 9780399132827

Editeur : Putnam Pub Group, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Hoffman Alice

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha’s Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion. Illumination Night follows the lives of a young blond giant who is as beautiful as he is frightening; an old woman at the end of her life whose last mission is to save her granddaughter’s soul; a family torn apart by a wife’s fears and a husband’s unrealized desires —and the high school girl who comes to Martha’s Vineyard against her will, who steals husbands and cars, and who will bring everyone together in a web of yearning, sin, and ultimate redemption. Both riveting and reflective, this is a story of “parenthood and friendship, self-protection and generosity, dream and disillusionment” ( Newsday) that brings to light the talent that has made Alice Hoffman an acclaimed bestselling author.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Vonny lives on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband Andre and son Simon. Their neighbour Elizabeth, a woman in her seventies, falls from an upstairs window and her granddaughter Jody is summoned to nurse her through her convalescence.

The scene is set for a magical story of love and loneliness, of terror and human frailty, of the mystery and grace of ordinary experience. Alice Hoffman's ability to fuse the domestic and the mythic in a narrative of such gentle yet magnetic force confirms her stature as one of the most gifted of American novelists.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Putnam Pub Group
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0399132821
• ISBN 13: 9780399132827
• Reliure: Relié