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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (2019, Hardcover, ) Not Large Print
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Special Attributes
- Large Print
- ISBN
- 9781432859701
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cengage GALE
ISBN-10
1432859706
ISBN-13
9781432859701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038700511
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great Believers
Number of Pages
738 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Lgbt / Gay, Coming of Age, Literary
Publication Year
2019
Features
Large Type
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Edition Description
Large Type / large print edition
Synopsis
Shortlisted for The National Book AwardA New York Times Selection for Best 10 Books of the YearIn 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster., "A page turner...An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it's like to live during times of crisis. " --The New York Times Book Review A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.
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