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The Mark of the Angel
Nancy Huston
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
, 2000-08-08
主題
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / World Literature / France / 20th Century
Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II
ISBN
0375709215
9780375709210
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ODGSAAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
A “compelling and highly original” debut novel (Arthur Golden, national bestselling author of
Memoirs of a Geisha
) of three lives woven together by longing, fate, betrayal, and the weight of history. • "At once [a] love story, war tale and psychological thriller.... An engaging, intelligent novel." —Cleveland
Plain Dealer
This novel marks the stuning American debut of an internationally acclaimed writer. Combining the narrative drive of
Birdsong
with the emotional resonance of
The Reader, The Mark of the Angel
is a haunting and unforgettable tale.
The year is 1957, and the place is Paris, where the psychic wounds of World War II have barely begun to heal and the Algerian war is about to escalate. Saffie, an emotionally damaged young German woman, arrives on the doorstep of Raphael, a privileged musician who finds her reserve irresistible. He hires her, and over the next few days seduces her and convinces her to marry him. But when Raphael sends Saffie on an errand to the Jewish ghetto, where she meets András, a Hungarian instrument maker, each of their lives will be altered in startling and unexpected ways. As Saffie learns to feel again, her long buried memories coupled with the inexorable flow of historical forces beyond anyone's control, create a tableau of epic tragedy.
The Mark of the Angel
is a mesmerizing novel of love, betrayal, and the ironies of history.
