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| 类型/形式: | Domestic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| 材料类型: | 小说 |
| 文件类型: | 书 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Lily King |
| ISBN: | 9780802119490 0802119492 |
| OCLC号码: | 475444772 |
| 描述: | 354 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 责任: | Lily King. |
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" "Father of the Rain" is a big, powerful punch of a novel, a gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness. . . . There's something so raw and affecting about Daley's love for her damaged father that the book will linger in your mind long after you've finished it."-- "Entertainment Weekly" (A)
"Marilynne Robinson's "Home" and Roxana Robinson's "Cost" are the most exquisite recent [literary] examples . . . of what living with an addict must be like. . . . Now Lily King's "Father of the Rain" is a worthy companion on this theme. Surprising and wise . . . by a writer who understands the horrible burden of trying to save someone who's ruining your life. . . . A brilliant exploration of the attraction of martyrdom, the intoxication of playing savior. . . . King poses the questions so powerfully that you can't answer them easily: What kind of abuse finally abrogates one's responsibility to a self-destructive parent? What is too much to ask of a child? . . . An absorbing, insightful story written in cool, polished prose right to the last conflicted line."-- "Washington Post"
"Spellbinding . . . Marvelous . . . A story of high drama in the court of Nixon-era New England aristocracy . . . King brilliantly captures the gravitational pull of the past and the way it can eclipse the promise of the present. . . . You won't be able to stop reading this book, but when you do finally finish the last delicious page and look up, you will see families in a clearer and more forgiving way."-- "Vanity Fair"
"Luminous . . . Uplifting . . . Fresh, with vividly drawn characters . . . and a clear eye for the details of their singularly messed-up relationships."-- "O, the Oprah Magazine"
"King infuses soul into this tale of a family torn apart by abuse."-- "Marie Claire" (Summer Reads)
"King is a beautiful writer, with equally strong gifts for dialogue and internal monologue. Silently or
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