High Tide in Tucson
Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
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2001
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Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-17950-3 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-17950-3 (ISBN)
A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel "Pigs in Heaven", explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau.
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR
With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson is an engaging and immensely readable collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.
'Possessed of an extravagantly gifted narrative voice, Kingsolver blends a fierce and abiding moral vision with benevolent and concise humour. Her medicine is meant for the head, the heart, and the soul.' New York Times
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD**
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR
With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson is an engaging and immensely readable collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.
'Possessed of an extravagantly gifted narrative voice, Kingsolver blends a fierce and abiding moral vision with benevolent and concise humour. Her medicine is meant for the head, the heart, and the soul.' New York Times
Barbara Kingsolver is the global prize-winning and bestselling author of ten novels including Unsheltered, Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, and The Bean Trees, as well as books of poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her work of narrative non-fiction is the influential bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She has both won and been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.7.2001 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 190 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
ISBN-10 | 0-571-17950-9 / 0571179509 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-17950-3 / 9780571179503 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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