Name: Night Watch: A Novel (in English)
Price: 19.60 USD
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Author: Jayne Anne Phillips
ISBN: 9780451493330

portada Night Watch: A Novel (in English)

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Physical Book

Author

Jayne Anne Phillips

Publisher

Knopf

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780451493330

Night Watch: A Novel (in English)

Jayne Anne Phillips (Author) · Knopf · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Night Watch: A Novel (in English)"

From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War--and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds "A tour de force." --Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world. There, far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives. The omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee's father, who left for the War and never returned. Meanwhile, in the asylum, they begin to find a new path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility--the mysterious man they call the Night Watch; the orphan child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution. Epic, enthralling, and meticulously crafted, Night Watch is a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.

Jayne Anne Phillips

(Author)

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(West Virginia, USA, 1952) Escritora y profesora. Ha ocupado puestos de profesor en varios colegios y universidades prestigiosas, como la Universidad de Harvard y la Universidad de Boston. Ha publicado tanto antologías como novelas, cuentos cortos y ensayos. Por su libro Sweethearts ganó un Premio Pushcart y el Premio Fels del Consejo Coordinador de Revistas Literarias. Obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer de ficción en 2024. Ha sido traducida a más de diez idiomas.

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