Visitors Tapa dura - 1998

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.242. The author explores what happens when a woman's quiet resignation to fate is challenged by the arrogrance of youth. clean tight unread copy.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in.Tall. The extraordinary Anita Brookner, praised by The New York Times as "one of the finest novelists of her generation," gives us a brilliant novel about age and awakening. In Visitors, Brookner explores what happens when a woman's quiet resignation to fate is challenged by the arrogance of youth. Dorothea May is most at ease in the company of strangers. When her late husband's relatives prevail on her to take in a young man for the week before an unexpected family wedding, Thea's carefully constructed, solitary world is thrown into disarray. As the wedding approaches, old family secrets surface and conflicts erupt between the generations, trapping an unwilling Thea in the middle. Confronted by the company of Steve Best, a carefree young wanderer, Thea's fragile facade of peaceful acceptance is pierced, forcing her to face in a new way… Leer más