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- ISBN: 9781101870730
- ISBN: 1101870737
- ISBN: 9781101870747
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Physical Description:
264 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | SMITH A (Text) | 33126021853233 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2016 September #2
First in a quartet of interconnected but stand-alone novels collectively called "Seasonal," this work explores the nature of time, how the past influences the present, and how the concept of harvest is deeply embedded in our consciousness. What, you expected something conventional from the Man Booker-short-listed and Baileys Prize-winning author?. Copyright 2016 Library Journal. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2016 December #1
On the eve of the polarizing Brexit vote, a young woman reads aloud at the bedside of a semicomatose elderly man whom she visits weekly in his nursing home. When they met years earlier, Elisabeth was a neglected young girl whose single mother frequently left her at home alone, and Daniel was the much older, sophisticated European who had recently moved in next door. Elisabeth may have reminded Daniel of his beloved younger sister, who was left behind when Daniel escaped from World War II Germany. Over long walks and talks, Daniel patiently introduced Elisabeth to fine literature and to the avant-garde art of the Sixties. Many years later, Elisabeth, now an art historian, rediscovers Daniel close to death in a nursing home. As a wave of xenophobia sweeps across Europe and over to Britain, the parallels to the racism and violence in Daniel's past are striking. VERDICT At the heart of Man Booker Prize nominee Smith's (How To Be Both) new novel is the charming friendship between a lonely girl and a kind older man who offers her a world of culture. This novel of big ideas and small pleasures is enthusiastically recommended. [See Prepub Alert, 8/15/16.]âBarbara Love, formerly with Kingston Frontenac P.L., Ont.. Copyright 2016 Library Journal.