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While the nation was at war abroad, Roiphe, who was coming of age in 1940s New York City, saw her parents at war in their living room. Roiphe's evocative writing puts readers right in Apartment 8C, where a constant tension plays out between a disappointed and ineffectual mother, a philandering father who uses his wife's money to entertain other women, and a difficult brother. Behind the leisure culture of wealthy Jewish society -- the mahjongg games, the cocktail parties, the summer houses -- lurks a brutality that strikes a chord with a daughter who longs to heal the wounds of her troubled family.
Writing with a novelist's sensibility, Roiphe reveals the poignant story of a family that has finally claimed its material wealth in a prosperous America but has yet to claim its spiritual due.
While the nation was at war abroad, Roiphe, who was coming of age in 1940s New York City, saw her parents at war in their living room. Roiphe's evocative writing puts readers right in Apartment 8C, where a constant tension plays out between a disappointed and ineffectual mother, a philandering father who uses his wife's money to entertain other women, and a difficult brother. Behind the leisure culture of wealthy Jewish society -- the mahjongg games, the cocktail parties, the summer houses -- lurks a brutality that strikes a chord with a daughter who longs to heal the wounds of her troubled family.
Writing with a novelist's sensibility, Roiphe reveals the poignant story of a family that has finally claimed its material wealth in a prosperous America but has yet to claim its spiritual due.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
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Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780684857329 |
ISBN-10: | 0684857324 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Roiphe, Anne Richardson |
Hersteller: | Touchstone Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Anne Richardson Roiphe |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2000 |
Gewicht: | 0,404 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
---|---|
Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780684857329 |
ISBN-10: | 0684857324 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Roiphe, Anne Richardson |
Hersteller: | Touchstone Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Anne Richardson Roiphe |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2000 |
Gewicht: | 0,404 kg |