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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- “Near new condition.”
- Subject
- Literature, Modern
- Year
- 2011
- Modified Item
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN
- 9781400069316
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400069319
ISBN-13
9781400069316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99686900
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vaclav and Lena
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Romance / Contemporary, Literary
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-023907
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale."- The New York Times "From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love."-NPR "Haley Tanner's assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace."-Judy Blundell, National Book Awardwinning author of What I Saw and How I Lied "Highly recommended . . . Tanner's captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity [and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down." -Library Journal "A debut to savor . . . Tanner's charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower." -People "The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound."- Booklist, "Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale."-- The New York Times "From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love."--NPR "Haley Tanner's assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace."--Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied "Highly recommended . . . Tanner's captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity [and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down." --Library Journal "A debut to savor . . . Tanner's charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower." --People "The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound."-- Booklist, Advance praise for Vaclav & Lena “In this charming and wonderfully engaging tale, the reader is swept into the beautifully rendered landscape of the immigrant childhood experience. Haley Tanner has created a world peopled with characters of great poignancy, and they will linger in the mind-and heart-long after the book is put down.â€�-Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge “There are books you enjoy, and then there are books you live in. Haley Tanner plunges you into the Russian migr community in Brooklyn, where two souls connect under a maternal watchful eye. Tanner’s assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, bringing the reader up short again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace.â€�-Judy Blundell, National Book Award–winning author o f What I Saw and How I Lied “ Vaclav & Lena is a wonderful achievement, generous, playful, moving, and refreshing. It was the voice that first captivated me here, a voice that allows Haley Tanner to say anything at all, and to say it truly. Give this novel a few short pages, and I guarantee you’ll want to read it to the end.â€�-Kevin Brockmeier, author of The View from the Seventh Layer and The Brief History of the Dead “A terrific, enlightened debut.â€�- Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Advance praise for Vaclav & Lena "In this charming and wonderfully engaging tale, the reader is swept into the beautifully rendered landscape of the immigrant childhood experience. Haley Tanner has created a world peopled with characters of great poignancy, and they will linger in the mind-and heart-long after the book is put down."-Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Olive Kitteridge "There are books you enjoy, and then there are books you live in. Haley Tanner plunges you into the Russian émigré community in Brooklyn, where two souls connect under a maternal watchful eye. Tanner's assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, bringing the reader up short again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace."-Judy Blundell, National Book Awardwinning author o f What I Saw and How I Lied " Vaclav & Lena is a wonderful achievement, generous, playful, moving, and refreshing. It was the voice that first captivated me here, a voice that allows Haley Tanner to say anything at all, and to say it truly. Give this novel a few short pages, and I guarantee you'll want to read it to the end."-Kevin Brockmeier, author of The View from the Seventh Layer and The Brief History of the Dead "A terrific, enlightened debut."- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician's Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanner's wondrous debut is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion. One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family's lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lena's seventeenth birthday he finds out. Haley Tanner has the originality and verve of a born storyteller, and the boldness to imagine a world in which love can overcome the most difficult circumstances. In Vaclav & Lena she has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else. Praise for Vaclav & Lena "Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale."-- The New York Times "From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love."--NPR "Haley Tanner's assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace."--Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied "Highly recommended . . . Tanner's captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity [and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down." --Library Journal "A debut to savor . . . Tanner's charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower." --People "The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound."-- Booklist, NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured "Magicians Almanac, " but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanners wondrous debut is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion. One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his familys lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lenas seventeenth birthday he finds out. Haley Tanner has the originality and verve of a born storyteller, and the boldness to imagine a world in which love can overcome the most difficult circumstances. In "Vaclav & Lena" she has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else. Praise for "Vaclav & Lena" "Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale."--"The New York Times" "From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love."--NPR "Haley Tanners assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace."--Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of" What I Saw and How I Lied" "Highly recommended . . . Tanners captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down.""--Library Journal" "A debut to savor . . . Tanners charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower.""--People"" " "The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound."--"Booklist" "From the Hardcover edition."
LC Classification Number
PS3620.A68655V33
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