Skylight Confessions
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品牌: Alice Hoffman
基本信息出版社:Back Bay Books (2008年2月11日)平装:288页正文语种:英语ISBN:0316017876条形码:9780316017879商品尺寸:14 x 1.9 x 21 cm商品重量:268 g品牌:Back Bay BooksASIN:0316017876商品描述内容简介Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love.
Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in theConnecticutcountryside, to the avenues ofManhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound. Glass breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. Ultimately, it falls to their grandson, Will, to solve the emotional puzzle of his family and of his own identity.
(2006)媒体推荐"Hoffman's shimmering, multigenerational melodrama bewitches with supernatural imagery while imaginatively dramatizing all-too-common heartaches." (BooklistDonna Seaman)
"Achingly beautiful and filled with heart-wrenchingly real characters: one of Hoffman's best." (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
"Alice Hoffman has written her most spellbinding, accomplished novel yet. . . . Although this is Hoffman's nineteenth book, it feels utterly fresh. Her voice -- touched by the cadences of fairy tales -- buoys us through the novel's saddest currents." (MoreAndrea Chapin)
"Among the many pleasures ofSkylight Confessionsis a sense of continuous corner-turning, a chain of surprises. . . .Skylight Confessionsis about the unresolvable contradictions that lie at the heart of life." (Boston GlobeAnn Harleman)
"Hoffman's brand of magical realism squeezes caring out of hard-to-reach places and ends up being a celebration of love." (Good Housekeeping)
"Wholly original and haunting." (Parade)
"Hoffman is one of our great storytellers and one who knows the American family in all its many facets. InSkylight Confessions,she has once again written a story and characters that are truly unforgettable. A novel to be savored." (Baltimore SunVictoria A. Brownworth)
"Haunting. . . . This isn't just Hoffman's best recent novel; it's one of the best of a distinguished list. . . . Long after the last page is turned, the characters and their stories are impossible to forget." (St. Louis Post-DispatchGail Pennington)
"Alice Hoffman remains a literary sorceress par excellence. . . . In a novel that unfolds like a dream, Hoffman reminds readers that love and family create the most potent magic of all." (Philadelphia InquirerMartha Woodall)