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| Genre/Form: | Musical fiction Historical fiction Fiction History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Proulx, Annie. Accordion crimes. New York : Scribner, ©1996 (OCoLC)604381881 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Annie Proulx |
| ISBN: | 0684195488 9780684195483 0684831546 9780684831541 9780765107701 0765107708 |
| OCLC Number: | 34515071 |
| Awards: | Short-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (Fiction) 1997 |
| Description: | 381 pages ; 25 cm |
| Responsibility: | E. Annie Proulx. |
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Phoebe-Lou Adams"Atlantic Monthly"Splendid...Ms. Proulx is a magician. Gail Caldwell"Boston Sunday Globe"A daringly intelligent work with a soul as wide as the Mississippi. Kathleen Byrne"Globe and Mail Review of Books"Crisp and authoritative, her spare, dense prose is mesmerizing ...A majestic novel. John Sutherland"The New Republic"In scale, in vision and in imaginative darling, "Accordion Crimes" uses all the range and the resources of Proulx's mature prose....She is a great novelist. Michael Dirda"The Washington Post Book World"You would think Proulx would have the simple decency to make her third novel merely so-so, if only to let someone else grab a little limelight. No such luck...She now seems to know everything about writing. And a fair amount about life, too. Phoebe-Lou Adams "Atlantic Monthly" Splendid...Ms. Proulx is a magician. John Sutherland "The New Republic" In scale, in vision and in imaginative darling, "Accordion Crimes" uses all the range and the resources of Proulx's mature prose....She is a great novelist. Kathleen Byrne "Globe and Mail Review of Books" Crisp and authoritative, her spare, dense prose is mesmerizing ...A majestic novel. Gail Caldwell "Boston Sunday Globe" A daringly intelligent work with a soul as wide as the Mississippi. Michael Dirda "The Washington Post Book World" You would think Proulx would have the simple decency to make her third novel merely so-so, if only to let someone else grab a little limelight. No such luck...She now seems to know everything about writing. And a fair amount about life, too. Kathleen Byrne Globe and Mail Review of Books Crisp and authoritative, her spare, dense prose is mesmerizing ...A majestic novel. Gail Caldwell Boston Sunday Globe A daringly intelligent work with a soul as wide as the Mississippi. Phoebe-Lou Adams Atlantic Monthly Splendid...Ms. Proulx is a magician. Michael Dirda The Washington Post Book World You would think Proulx would have the simple decency to make her third novel merely so-so, if only to let someone else grab a little limelight. No such luck...She now seems to know everything about writing. And a fair amount about life, too. John Sutherland The New Republic In scale, in vision and in imaginative darling, Accordion Crimes uses all the range and the resources of Proulx's mature prose....She is a great novelist. Michael Dirda"The Washington Post Book World"You would think Proulx would have the simple decency to make her third novel merely so-so, if only to let someone else grab a little limelight. No such luck...She now seems to know everything about writing. And a fair amount about life, too. John Sutherland"The New Republic"In scale, in vision and in imaginative darling, "Accordion Crimes" uses all the range and the resources of Proulx's mature prose....She is a great novelist. Kathleen Byrne"Globe and Mail Review of Books"Crisp and authoritative, her spare, dense prose is mesmerizing ...A majestic novel. Gail Caldwell"Boston Sunday Globe"A daringly intelligent work with a soul as wide as the Mississippi. Phoebe-Lou Adams"Atlantic Monthly"Splendid...Ms. Proulx is a magician. Read more...
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