Private Life

分類: 图书,进口原版书,Literature & Fiction(文学与虚构类),Genre Fiction(类型小说),Historical,
品牌: Smiley
基本信息·出版社:ALFRED A KNOPF
·页码:336 页
·出版日期:2010年05月
·ISBN:1400040604
·International Standard Book Number:1400040604
·条形码:9781400040605
·EAN:9781400040605
·装帧:精装
·正文语种:英语
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内容简介A stunning novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman's life, from the 1880s to World War II. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their Missouri town has ever produced: a naval officer and an astronomer--a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Margaret's mother calls the match "a piece of luck." Yet Andrew confounds Margaret's expectations from the moment their train leaves for his naval base in San Francisco, and soon she realizes that his devotion to science leaves little room for anything, or anyone, else. She stands by him through tragedies both personal and those they share with the nation. But as World War II approaches, Andrew's obsessions take a darker turn, forcing Margaret to reconsider the life she's so carefully constructed. A portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side; a riveting historical panorama; an unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers.
媒体推荐This riveting new novel from a Pulitzer Prize winner traverses the intimate landscape of one woman's life, from the 1880s to World War II. "Private Life" is a beautiful evocation of the little girl within the hopeful bride, of the young woman filled with yearning, and of the faithful wife who comes to harbor a dangerous secret.