Name: Commonwealth: A Novel
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Author: Ann Patchett
ISBN: 9780062491831

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ann Patchett

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.7x2.2 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9780062491831

Edition No.

Synopsis "Commonwealth: A Novel "

"Exquisite. . .Commonwealth is impossible to put down." -- New York Times#1 New York Times Bestseller NBCC Award Finalist New York Times Best Book of the Year USA Today Best Book TIME Magazine Top 10 Selection Oprah Favorite Book New York Magazine Best Book of The Year The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them.When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another.Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett es una reconocida escritora y ensayista estadounidense nacida el 2 de diciembre de 1963 en Los Angeles. Desde temprana edad se trasladó a Nashville, ciudad donde creció y desarrolló su interés por la literatura. Estudió en Sarah Lawrence College y posteriormente obtuvo una maestría en escritura creativa en la University of Iowa.

Inició su carrera literaria en la década de 1990 con la publicación de la novela The Patron Saint of Liars. Sin embargo, alcanzó reconocimiento internacional con Bel Canto, obra que recibió importantes premios, entre ellos el PEN/Faulkner Award y el Women's Prize for Fiction. Entre sus novelas más destacadas también se encuentran State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House y Tom Lake.

Además de escribir, Patchett es una destacada promotora de la lectura. En 2011 cofundó Parnassus Books, una librería independiente que se ha convertido en un importante centro cultural. Su obra, traducida a numerosos idiomas, se caracteriza por explorar las relaciones humanas, la familia, la amistad y la búsqueda de identidad.

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