Ahab's Wife: Or, the Star-Gazer (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) - Softcover

Naslund, Sena Jeter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061767654 ISBN 13: 9780061767654

Verlag: PERENNIAL, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Naslund Sena Jeter

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"Beautifully written. Lyrical...alluring and wise."--"Los Angeles Times"This is truly a grand...adventure story whose heroine survives on her intellect and courage."--"Newsday"An intense treat, powerfully written, "Ahab's Wife is one of the best contemporary novels I have read in years."--Louise Erdrich

Reseña del editor

A magnificent, vast, and enthralling saga, Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wife is a remarkable epic spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby Dick, it is the story of Una, exiled as a child to live in a lighthouse, removed from the physical and emotional abuse of a religion-mad father. It is the romantic adventure of a young woman setting sail in a cabin boy's disguise to encounter darkness, wonder, and catastrophe; the story of a devoted wife who witnesses her husband's destruction by obsession and madness. Ultimately it is the powerful and moving story of a woman's triumph over tragedy and loss through her courage, creativity, and intelligence.

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• Verlag: PERENNIAL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061767654
• ISBN 13: 9780061767654
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 668