ParadiseKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 24 lip 2007 - 320 The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present—in prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem. |
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... brother and the one who thinks he is dreaming for the cellar . They part gracefully without words or haste . Earlier , when they blew open the Convent door , the nature of their mission made them giddy . But the target , after all , is ...
... brothers threw for a sister's sixteenth birthday . Yet here , not twenty miles away from a quiet , orderly community , there were women like none he knew or ever heard tell of . In this place of all places . Unique and isolated , his ...
... brothers shot each other on New Year's Day . Trips to Demby for VD shots common . And what went on at the Oven these days was not to be believed . So when nine men decided to meet there , they had to run everybody off the place with ...
... brothers approaching the cellar were once identical . Although they are twins , their wives look more alike than they do . One is smooth , agile and smokes Te Amo cigars . The other is tougher , meaner , but hides his face when he prays ...
... brother , a leader in everything , smashes the cellar door with the butt of his rifle . The other waits a few feet back with their nephew . All three descend the steps ready and excited to know . They are not disappointed . What they ...