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What Is Left the Daughter Howard Norman WWII Novel Book Canada Nova Scotia
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- Book Title
- What Is Left the Daughter
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Item Weight
- 13.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Howard Norman, widely regarded as one of this country's finest novelists, returns to the mesmerizing fictional terrain of his major books-- The Bird Artist , The Museum Guard , and The Haunting of L --in this erotically charged and morally complex story. Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involvements with the same compelling neighbor, a Halifax switchboard operator and aspiring actress. The suicides cause Wyatt to move to small-town Middle Economy to live with his uncle, aunt, and ravishing cousin Tilda. Setting in motion the novel's chain of life-altering passions and the wartime perfidy at its core is the arrival of the German student Hans Mohring, carrying only a satchel. Actual historical incidents--including a German U-boat's sinking of the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland ferry Caribou , on which Aunt Constance Hillyer might or might not be traveling--lend intense narrative power to Norman's uncannily layered story. Wyatt's account of the astonishing--not least to him-- events leading up to his fathering of a beloved daughter spills out twenty-one years later. It's a confession that speaks profoundly of the mysteries of human character in wartime and is directed, with both despair and hope, to an audience of one. An utterly stirring novel. This is Howard Norman at his celebrated best.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618735437
ISBN-13
9780618735433
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78654032
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Is Left the Daughter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Historical
Publication Year
20100000, 2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9199.3.N564w53
Reviews
"The quiet power of this book comes on slowly and unrelentingly, offering a mesmerizing look into one man's past. Creating one of the most captivating and effective uses of the retrospective letter format in recent memory, Norman's prose is understated, eloquent and perfectly chosen, and his novel paints a picture of one man's legacy that will not soon be lost." BookPage "The latest from master of precision Howard Norman is again set in the gray majesty of Nova Scotia, where 17-year-old orphan Wyatt Hillyer moves in with his devoted aunt and uncle and their adopted daughter, Tilda, the love of stoic Wyatt's life. The ravages of Hitler and his dastardly German U-boats lurking beneath Canadian waters hit their home hard. In What Is Left the Daughter, Norman writes with spare elegance and dry humor, and the extraordinary emotional power of his slim new novel is earned with authentic grace. Grade: A" Entertainment Weekly "Fans of Howard Norman's THE BIRD ARTIST will recognize the venue and the oddball characters in the author's beautiful new novel, WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER....Norman turns a tiny town into an entire world in which even the most heinous sins canalmostbe forgiven." O, The Oprah Magazine "Howard Norman has captured the fear and suspicion that World War II brought to the East Coast perfectly, as news reports circulate and the silent and spooky threat of the U-boats is ever-present....Norman also captures the speech and texture of life in Nova Scotia with gentle humor and deft description...No improvement needed [for WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER]; it is perfect." Shelf Awareness "[A]n expertly crafted tale of love during wartime...Norman's writing is effortless, and his plot is grand in scope but studded with moments of tenderness and intimacy that help crystallize the anxiety and weariness of life on the home front. That Norman is able to achieve so much in 250 pages is a testament to his mastery of the craft." Publishers Weekly , STARRED "Norman (best known for The Bird Artist, 1994) scores again with this gripping account of a family ripped apart by obsession and murder...It is extraordinary that a story which carries such a weight of sorrow is never depressing, but Norman the master craftsman pulls it off." Kirkus,STARRED "Norman's piquant insights into life's wildness, human eccentricity, and love's maddening persistence are matched by rhapsodic and profound descriptions of everything from perfectly baked scones to pelting rain and the devouring sea, while anguish is tempered with humor, thanks to rapid-fire banter and marvelously spiky characters." Booklist, STARRED "Howard Norman's new novel, WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER, is the best story of love in the time of war I've ever read. And yes, that includes COLD MOUNTAIN AND A FAREWELL TO ARMS....WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER affirms what many of Howard Norman's readers have known since he published his magical first novel, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. Norman is most certainly one of America's three or four best novelists, with a uniquely wise and tolerant vision of his characters and all human beings everywhere. So let's not mince words. WHAT IS LEFT THE DAUGHTER is a literary masterpiece that will, I guarantee it, live on in your heart, and mine, forever." Howard Mosher, Amazon.com "Howard Norman is a master storyteller, packing provocative details into virtually every sentence of this short, but hardly slight, novel....What is left the daughter--and the reader--here is the gift of one man's utterly human, heartbreaking life story." BookBrowse.com
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-044460
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22
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