Sentences with phrase «age novel weaves»
Against the backdrop of the troubled 1960s, this coming - of - age novel weaves together a compelling psychological drama and vivid outer - space fantasy.
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A coming - of - age novel and a literary thriller that weaves back and forth through time and across America, from Alaska to the Adirondacks, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is an unforgettable story about the cost we pay to protect the people we love most.
In this stunningly researched novel, Nicole Mones not only tells the forgotten story of black musicians in the Chinese jazz age, but also weaves in a startling true tale of Holocaust heroism little - known in the West.
The ending of the novel is strong as well; Hornung delicately weaves a thread of modernity (and the complexities that it brings) into the age - old questions about human nature, and it seems a shame that the book ends shortly after it hits its stride.
Nonetheless, Dog Boy finds its strength in Hornung's attention to descriptive detail... [and] the ending of the novel is strong as well; Hornung delicately weaves a thread of modernity (and the complexities that it brings) into the age - old questions about human nature, and it seems a shame that the book ends shortly after it hits its stride.
Kadish's novel weaves a web of connections between Ester Velasquez, a Portuguese Jewish female scribe and philosopher living in London in the 1660s, and Helen Watt, a present - day aging historian who's trying to preserve Ester's voice even as she revisits her own repressed romantic plot.
-- Wall Street Journal «A harrowing, clever, incomparable riff on life in Kim Jong Il's North Korea» — San Francisco Chronicle «Magnificently accomplished... Part thriller, part coming - of - age novel, part romance, The Orphan Master's Son is made sturdy by research... but what makes it so absorbing isn't its documentary realism but the dark flight of the author's imagination... rich with a sense of discovery... The year is young, but The Orphan Master's Son has an early lead on novel of 2012» — The Daily Beast «Providing a rare glimpse into one of the world's least known countries, Adam Johnson weaves a tale of hardship, romance, and redemption in North Korea in The Orphan Master's Son.»
At the least, read the first novel of the series of four, This Earth of Mankind, an unblinking examination of colonialism, racism and sexism, woven through a colourful coming - of - age tale.