Mr. Ives' Christmas

Oscar Hijuelos

ISBN 10: 0060171316 / ISBN 13: 9780060171315

Edité par Harper Collins, 1995

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Slight shelf wear uniform to back cover, otherwise near fine. N° de réf. du vendeur 000001

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Titre : Mr. Ives' Christmas

Éditeur : Harper Collins

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 2nd Edition

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Synopsis :

Book by Hijuelos Oscar

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Hijuelos' novel tells the story of Mr. Ives, who was adopted from a foundling's home as a child. When we first meet him in the 1950s, Mr. Ives is very much a product of his time. He has a successful career in advertising, a wife and two children, and believes he is on his way to pursuing the typical American dream. But the dream is shattered when his son Robert, who is studying for the priesthood, is killed violently at Christmas. Overwhelmed by grief and threatened by a loss of faith in humankind, Mr. Ives begins to question the very foundations of his life. Part love story—of a man for his wife, for his children, for God—and part meditation on how a person can find spiritual peace in the midst of crisis, Mr. Ives' Christmas is a beautifully written, tender and passionate story of a man trying to put his life in perspective. In the expert hands of Oscar Hijuelos, the novel speaks eloquently to the most basic and fulfilling aspects of life for all of us.