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“Tuck’s prose is elegant, the subject well researched.” (New York Times Book Review)
“Compelling...the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.” (Newsday)
“Charming.” (Vogue)
“The perfect setting for Tuck’s dark wit.” (The New Yorker)
“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments...images are so vivid you can almost smell them.” (Washington Post Book World)
“THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Elegant ...the author’s research is impressive ... a rich and rewarding read.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Impressively researched, lushly written... a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck’s best so far.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred))
“A gripping read.” (Library Journal)
“Decorous detail and vivid imagery.” (Los Angeles Times)
L'autore:
“Compelling...the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.” (Newsday)
“Charming.” (Vogue)
“The perfect setting for Tuck’s dark wit.” (The New Yorker)
“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments...images are so vivid you can almost smell them.” (Washington Post Book World)
“THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Elegant ...the author’s research is impressive ... a rich and rewarding read.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Impressively researched, lushly written... a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck’s best so far.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred))
“A gripping read.” (Library Journal)
“Decorous detail and vivid imagery.” (Los Angeles Times)
Born in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: Interviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and The News from Paraguay, winner of theNational Book Award. She is also the author of the biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and are collected in Limbo and Other Places I Have Lived. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.
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- EditoreHarperCollins
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 0066209447
- ISBN 13 9780066209449
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine248
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