Illumination night
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Author
Publication
1987 - G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2736060M
- ISBN-100399132821
- OCLC Control Number15016927
- OCLC Control Numberilluminationnigh0000hoff_h6j6
- Library of Congress Control Number86030472
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- Goodreads527920
- LibraryThing4345
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3558.O3447 I57 1987
Description
Vonny lives on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband Andre and son Simon. Their neighbour Elizabeth, a woman in her seventies, falls from an upstairs window and her granddaughter Jody is summoned to nurse her through her convalescence. The scene is set for a magical story of love and loneliness, of terror and human frailty, of the mystery and grace of ordinary experience. Alice Hoffman's ability to fuse the domestic and the mythic in a narrative of such gentle yet magnetic force confirms her stature as one of the most gifted of American novelists.
Description
Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, an unearthly festival of lanterns held on Martha's Vineyard, the novel chronicles a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion.
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