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| Genre/Vorm: | Psychological fiction Domestic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Fictie, Internetbron |
| Soort document: | Boek, Internetbron |
| Alle auteurs / medewerkers: |
Stacey D'Erasmo |
| ISBN: | 0618439234 9780618439232 0618618872 9780618618873 |
| OCLC-nummer: | 54455051 |
| Beschrijving: | 360 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Verantwoordelijkheid: | Stacey D'Erasmo. |
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"Beautifully plotted, cunningly structured, and richly textured, this gorgeous novel offers rare pleasures of both character and language." --Andrea Barrett <br> Her prose pulses with just how it feels to live now; she has an astonishing feel for the texture of contemporary life. . .superb." --Mark Doty <br>"D'Erasmo's quiet, penetrating second novel. . .follows a San Francisco family coping with a. . .son's mental illness. . .with beauty and insight." Publishers Weekly <br>"Abundantly clear throughout is D'Erasmo's talent and intelligence. A Seahorse Year succeeds in being both deeply satisfying and quietly subversive." --Margot Livesey The New York Times Book Review <br>"Fluent in the subtlest of psychological states and gloriously visual in her resonant descriptions." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review <br>"A quietly effective novel about family strife....This book demands commitment and ends up compelling commitment because of Stacey D'Erasmo's intense insights into her characters and their deep affection for each other and for life." --Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio <br>"[D'Erasmo] writes with a graceful, sometimes devastating directness, in clear, crisp phrases lined with subtle lyricism." --Karen Campbell Boston Globe <br>"Each character, and each voice, seems perfectly necessary. [D'Erasmo] makes you feel that this is the most economic way to tell this sad, gorgeous story." --Claire Dederer Newsday <br>..".psychologically complex and lyrical..." --Irina Reyn The San Francisco Chronicle <br>"Alternating perspectives and controlled, nuanced writing bring depth and compassion to each character . . . D'Erasmo [is] an author to watch." Library Journal <br>"You could read Stacey D'Erasmo for the subtlety of her insights or the beauty of her language or for her tumbling, shifting arrangements of plot and characters....Or you could just open A Seahorse Year and be mesmerized." --Regina Marler The Advocate <br>"Unflinching prose that's Meer lezen...
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