Why the Tree Loves the Axe: A Novel - Hardcover

Lewis, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609601091 ISBN 13: 9780609601099

Verlag: Crown Publications, 1998

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Mistakenly suspected of killing a policeman in Texas, a young divorce+a7e traveling under a false identity is taken in by a group of three men and a boy in upstate New York, all of whom are involved in a mysterious plot. 15,000 first printing.

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Jim Lewis has taught philosophy and literature at Columbia University.

Jim Lewis has taught philosophy and literature at Columbia University, and he has written extensively about the visual arts for numerous national and international magazines and museum publications. His first novel, Sister, was published in 1993. He lives in New York City.

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ounding debut with his novel Sister, Jim Lewis once again proves his remarkable talent with Why the Tree Loves the Ax.<br><br>Caroline Harrison is a young woman drifting across the country from a secret past to an uncertain future. Stranded by accident in a small Texas city, she decides to settle down and stay, only to have her peace destroyed by a moment of inspired fury. From there she's on the run, to New York City to confront her ex-husband, and then upstate, where she lands in a small house in the woods inhabited by three men and an eight-year-old boy--a tiny criminal community. But will they help her or hurt her? And what exactly are they scheming? <br><br>This is a story of female violence, fear, and resourcefulness. It is a meditation on identity and memory. Lewis's writing is deft and haunting, and the story establishes a new model for women's narrative. Why the Tree Loves the Ax is sure to put Lewis in the pantheon of important young American writers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Crown Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0609601091
• ISBN 13: 9780609601099
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276
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