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Genre/Form: | Domestic fiction Fiction Historical fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Regina Porter |
ISBN: | 9781787331013 1787331016 9781787331006 1787331008 |
OCLC Number: | 1107694816 |
Description: | 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Responsibility: | Regina Porter. |
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"An astoundingly audacious debut." * Oprah Magazine * "Regina Porter's sprawling, sparkling debut novel... is an exhilarating ride. Porter is a wickedly astute chronicler of human foibles. In her hands, this series of glimpses feels something like life itself." * Guardian * "Spanning six decades and three continents...[The Travelers] is held together by an elegant web of connections... Porter has a striking habit of telescoping time to chart individual trajectories... The often breathtaking immediacy and assurance of Porter's prose carries you through." * Daily Mail * "If you're looking for a poetic, spare, sometimes funny tale of ordinary people pining for meaningful connections - or if you're someone who wishes Raymond Carver had published a novel - you have arrived." * New York Times * "This kaleidoscopic debut novel... deftly skips back and forth through the decades, sometimes summarizing a life in a few paragraphs, sometimes spending pages on one conversation. As one character observes, "We move in circles in this life."" * New Yorker * Read more...


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