The Bay of Angels
a novel
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Random House, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebayofangelsnovel00broo
- Internet Archivebayofangelsnovel0000broo_t1b7
- ISBN-100375505822
- ISBN-139780375505829
- Library of Congress Control Number00054299
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number45715068
- Open LibraryOL6791214M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6052.R5816 B3 2001
Description
Zoe and her mother have led a quiet life together in their London flat, a life that everyone thought would continue in the same manner forever. But when her mother suddenly finds love again and moves with her new husband to Nice, Zoe embraces her newfound freedom and seems to thrive in her independent life. Her liberation is cut short when her stepfather unexpectedly dies and leaves behind mysteries and less wealth than he appeared to have. Zoe's mother falls strangely ill, and while Zoe tries to come to terms with an uncertain future, she begins to follow the movements of a reclusive and alluring man. "Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight," said The Washington Post Book World of Anita Brookner, and she stays true to form in The Bay of Angels, another stunning novel by a master.From the Hardcover edition.
Description
"Zoe Cunningham is delighted when her widowed mother remarries, particularly as her new stepfather is amiable, generous, and the owner of a villa in Nice. Enchanted visits come to an abrupt end when an entirely unexpected tragedy ensues. This in its turn is followed by a bewildering decline in which both Zoe and Anne, her mother, are trapped.". "Surrounded by strangers, however well-meaning, both yearn for home, although that home appears ever more remote. They are forced to learn how and how not to trust appearances. A benign outcome, so often read about in the fairy stories of childhood, may in fact be possible, but only if one is willing to shed the illusions that those same stories did so much to encourage."--BOOK JACKET.
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Topics
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- The Bay of Angels: a novel
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