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Geraldine Brooks - Signed - The Secret Chord (Pulitzer Author, 1st/1st, 2015)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Year
- 2015
- Signed By
- Geraldine Brooks
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Signed
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Inscribed
- No
- Subject
- Historical Fiction
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780670025770
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670025771
ISBN-13
9780670025770
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208628387
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret Chord
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Religious, Literary, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-373206
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Advanced praise for The Secret Chord "Brooks continues to explore the meaning of faith and religion in ordinary life. . .she skillfully retells David's story through the eyes of Natan. . .Of just as much interest as Brooks' view of the politically astute lion in winter are her portraits of characters who are somewhat thinly fleshed in their biblical accounts, such as Batsheva, Yoav, Avner, even Avshalom. A skillful reimagining gracefully and intelligently told." - Kirkus Reviews , Advanced praise for The Secret Chord "Brooks continues to explore the meaning of faith and religion in ordinary life. . .she skillfully retells David's story through the eyes of Natan. . .Of just as much interest as Brooks' view of the politically astute lion in winter are her portraits of characters who are somewhat thinly fleshed in their biblical accounts, such as Batsheva, Yoav, Avner, even Avshalom. A skillful reimaging gracefully and intelligently told." - Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
"A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." - Alice Hoffman , The Washington Post A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now , Brooks takes on one of literature's richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage. The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those who love him or fear him--from the prophet Natan, voice of his conscience, to his wives Mikhal, Avigail, and Batsheva, and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthrall her many fans., "A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." - Alice Hoffman , The Washington Post A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now , Brooks takes on one of literature's richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage. The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those who love him or fear him--from the prophet Natan, voice of his conscience, to his wives Mikal, Avigail, and Batsheva, and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthrall her many fans.
LC Classification Number
PR9619.3.B7153S43
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