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Beschreibung

By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home and Gilead, a modern American masterpiece by an author whose work ''defines universal truths about what it means to be human'' (Barack Obama)

''A classic.'' Guardian
''A masterpiece.'' The New Yorker
''It''s pretty much a perfect novel.'' David Nicholls
''I just adore this book and have probably reread it a hundred times.'' Michelle Zauner

Ruth and Lucille are orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters'' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a masterful modern classic exploring loss, loneliness and transience.

By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home and Gilead, a modern American masterpiece by an author whose work ''defines universal truths about what it means to be human'' (Barack Obama)

''A classic.'' Guardian
''A masterpiece.'' The New Yorker
''It''s pretty much a perfect novel.'' David Nicholls
''I just adore this book and have probably reread it a hundred times.'' Michelle Zauner

Ruth and Lucille are orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters'' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a masterful modern classic exploring loss, loneliness and transience.

Über den Autor
Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson's first novel, was acclaimed by critics and later filmed by Bill Forsyth. She is also the author of a non-fiction title, the controversial Mother Country. Marilynne Robinson lives in New England.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780571230082
ISBN-10: 0571230083
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robinson, Marilynne
Auflage: Main. Auflage
Hersteller: Faber & Faber
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 197 x 126 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Marilynne Robinson
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2005
Gewicht: 0,182 kg
Artikel-ID: 102241008

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