Strange Fits of Passion A Novel
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Ja
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Erscheinungsdatum
11.11.1999
Verlag
HMH BooksSeitenzahl
352 (Printausgabe)
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2785 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780547545370
"Thrilling and finely written" with an ingenious structure, a powerful portrait of truth, deception, and a troubled marriage from the bestselling author (
The New Yorker).
Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s, and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse.
But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen settles into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.
Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English is given to her daughter by a journalist. The truth should lie within them, but the papers raise far more questions than they answer . . .
"Superbly rendered . . . both touching and troubling. The box-within-a-box structure moves Shreve's subtle and searing book beyond the contemporary horror genre. It creates a kind of double novel." -
Cosmopolitan
"The novel has a thought-provoking twist at the end, and Shreve leaves us with [a] haunting [question]: 'Who could ever know where a story had begun?'" -
The Washington Post Book World
"Her elegiac, portentous prose provides effective pacing . . . insightful and moving." -
Publishers Weekly
"A superbly crafted, intelligently written exploration of the complicities of an abusive relationship . . . Highly recommended." -
Booklist (starred review)
The New Yorker).
Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s, and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse.
But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen settles into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.
Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English is given to her daughter by a journalist. The truth should lie within them, but the papers raise far more questions than they answer . . .
"Superbly rendered . . . both touching and troubling. The box-within-a-box structure moves Shreve's subtle and searing book beyond the contemporary horror genre. It creates a kind of double novel." -
Cosmopolitan
"The novel has a thought-provoking twist at the end, and Shreve leaves us with [a] haunting [question]: 'Who could ever know where a story had begun?'" -
The Washington Post Book World
"Her elegiac, portentous prose provides effective pacing . . . insightful and moving." -
Publishers Weekly
"A superbly crafted, intelligently written exploration of the complicities of an abusive relationship . . . Highly recommended." -
Booklist (starred review)
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