The Last of Her Kind
from the bestselling author of THE FRIEND
$25.04
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2019
Summary
The paths of two women from different walks of life intersect amid counterculture of the 1960s in this haunting and provocative novel from the National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND
It is Columbia University, 1968. Ann Drayton and Georgette George meet as roommates on the first night. Ann is rich and radical; Georgette is leery and introverted, a child of the very poverty and strife her new friend finds so noble. The two are drawn together by their differences; two years lat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349012834 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349012830 |
| Author: | Sigrid Nunez |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 30mm |
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A brilliant, dazzling, daring novel
A brilliant, dazzling, daring novel - Boston Globe
A passionate honesty grips the heart of The Last of Her Kind … A subtle and profoundly moving novel about friendship, romantic idealism and shame - O, The Oprah MagazineAn unflinching examination of justice, race and political idealism that brings to mind Philip Roth’s American Pastoral and the tenacious intelligence of Nadine Gordimer - New York TimesNunez ably and effectively evokes the political and social atmosphere of the times … Nunez takes a jeweller’s eyepiece to racial and sexual politics, to the lasting impact of male violence and to the painful fragility of family bonds … an enormously absorbing novel with real heart to it, and a vivid recreation of a seismic and lastingly influential time - ObserverA remarkable and disconcerting vision of a troubled time in American history - The New YorkerAbout The Author
Sigrid Nunez
Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of seven other novels, including Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, and What Are You Going Through. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.
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