| The Photograph Contributor(s): Lively, Penelope (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142004421 ISBN-13: 9780142004425 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: With Lively's signature mastery of narrative and psychology, "The Photograph" explores a woman's beauty and its threat to her own happiness, the rivalry of sisters, a marriage in supreme crisis, and the cost of professional success as life unfolds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.08" W x 7.8" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A seductive and hugely suspenseful novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively, about what can happen when you look too closely into the past Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively's masterpiece opens with a snapshot: Kath, before her death, at an unknown gathering, holding hands with a man who is not her husband. The photograph is in an envelope marked "DON'T OPEN--DESTROY." But Kath's husband does not heed the warning, embarking on a journey of discovery that reveals a tight web of secrets--within marriages, between sisters, and at the heart of an affair. Kath, with her mesmerizing looks and casual ways, moves like a ghost through the memories of everyone who knew her--and a portrait emerges of a woman whose life cannot be understood without plumbing the emotional depths of the people she touched. Propelled by the author's signature mastery of narrative and psychology, The Photograph is Lively at her very best. |