Believers, The
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9780141024677
Description:
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, beautiful, disillusioned revolutionary, i...
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, beautiful, disillusioned revolutionary, i...
Description:
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, beautiful, disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Unhappily married Karla is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in.
Review:
'Astonishingly well-observed and stunningly written, a subtle, funny family farce!in its thundering confidence,The Believers is the work of a writer at the top of her game' Guardian 'One of the outstanding novels of the year!funny and elegant' - Peter Kemp, Sunday Times 'Profoundly satisfying. No other novel would readily stand in its stead!pulses with thematic and intellectual content!Heller's prose is clean, warm and smart' - Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
Author Biography:
Zoe Heller is the author of two previous novels, Everything You Know and Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003.
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel's children will have to deal with this unsettling secret themselves, but meanwhile, they are trying to cope with their own dilemmas. Rosa, beautiful, disillusioned revolutionary, is grappling with a new-found attachment to Orthodox Judaism. Unhappily married Karla is falling in love with an unlikely suitor at the hospital where she works. Adopted brother Lenny is back on drugs again. In the course of battling their own demons and each other, every member of the family is called upon to decide what - if anything - they still believe in.
Review:
'Astonishingly well-observed and stunningly written, a subtle, funny family farce!in its thundering confidence,The Believers is the work of a writer at the top of her game' Guardian 'One of the outstanding novels of the year!funny and elegant' - Peter Kemp, Sunday Times 'Profoundly satisfying. No other novel would readily stand in its stead!pulses with thematic and intellectual content!Heller's prose is clean, warm and smart' - Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
Author Biography:
Zoe Heller is the author of two previous novels, Everything You Know and Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003.
| Autor | Heller, Zoe |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2009 |
| Kirjastus | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 320 |
| Pikkus | 198 |
| Laius | 198 |
| Keel | English |
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