Name: Whistler
SKU: 66152791
Price: 998.00 TWD
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Author: Ann Patchett
ISBN: 9780063511637

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ann Patchett

Publisher

Harper

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23x15 cm

ISBN13

9780063511637

Whistler

Ann Patchett (Author) · Harper · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Whistler"

The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn't seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It's a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.

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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