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Divisadero
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- Literature, Classic
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780307266354
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307266354
ISBN-13
9780307266354
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57020331
Product Key Features
Book Title
Divisadero
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-048797
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Ravishing and intricate . . . Few experiences in contemporary fiction are as sensual and absorbing as making one's way through the pages of an Ondaatje novel. And there is a different, a deeper delight in going through his books a second time to see the secret stitching . . . The question that insistently haunts these elliptical and delicate works is how much their very beauty takes us away from the wars and scenes of great pain they describe, and to what extent, in courting art, they leave real life behind.Divisaderois an epic of intimate moments . . . The book is, among other things, a parable of contemporary America . . . When people call Ondaatje a poetic novelist, they are referring in part, of course, to his rare gift for language and observation. A scene of a boy on a runaway horse during an eclipse is as astonishing and hallucinatory as any such passage I can remember reading. Yet the deeper aspect of his poetic background is that his narratives proceed with the interlaced complexity of a long lyric poem . . . Part of the special delight of reading one of his books comes from the impression we get of a deeply curious traveler opening his worn suitcase and letting all the exotic bric-a-brac he's collected on his journeys tumble out . . . Each of the romances in the book is gorgeous and singular in its effects . . . Ondaatje's ability to fashion scenes that are at once exact and suggestive accounts not only for the sensual tingle of the books, but also for their literary pleasures . . . There is always a clear and unhurried spaciousness to Ondaatje's paragraphs; they proceed with the deliberation and hush of a work of meditation, even while turning their attention to things of the secular world . . .Divisaderoextends the liberating and original territory of that earlier triumph [The English Patient] so unforgettably that it's hard, on finishing, not to turn back to the opening page and start all over." Pico Iyer,New York Review of Books "Exquisitely crafted and imbued with Ondaatje's acutely sensitive intelligence,Divisaderopulls its readers inside the novelist's craft like being inside an intricate pocket watch to learn its movements." Bob Hoover,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Ondaatje's best books are kaleidoscopic meditations on memory, violence, time and sexuality are held together less by linearity than by rhyming action, thematic echoing and inspired juxtaposition . . . One doesn't come to Ondaatje for resolution. One comes for the language, the discreet imagined moments, the exact metaphors, the turn of a phraseand for the thrill of watching a writer attempting, and for the most part, succeeding, in his desire, through juxtaposition, to make the world more than it is." Ethan Rutherford,Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Divisaderoechoes the writer's earlier fiction in its mastery both of storytelling and of fine writing . . . It is beautifully intricate, yet credible, a subtle play on cause and effect . . . Ondaatje's exquisite use of imagery propels his story of loss and displacement to an impressive level of fictional power . . . A subtle, stirring novel, a fine book and an arresting one." Nancy Schiefer,London Free Press(Ontario) "Divisaderois a river of images and scenes that flows through the characters' lives like fate. So, reader, embark and journey in awe of this river master . . .Divisaderois alive, pulsing and irreducible . . . Wonders and genius [have] shaped this design . . . It is a collage, though never random, which artfully revisions the temporal into a masterpiece that will permanently affect the reader." Mary Jo
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
The eagerly awaited novel by the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient offers a psychologically intricate, devastating, and beautiful story of how a traumatic event shatters a makeshift family and sets each on a separate course.
LC Classification Number
PR9199.3.O5D58 2007
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- d***n (791)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseTypically bungling performance from Evri (Hermes): the package was said to be ‘out for delivery’ on 2 September, but it did not arrive until 8 September, after I had expended much effort in trying to find out what had happened to it. In contrast, top marks for the seller: accurate description, excellent packaging, prompt transport from USA (until Evri got its hands on the package), and good-natured support when I explained the problems I was having with the notoriously inefficient delivery firm.
- t***j (1735)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat Transaction - Item as Described - Packaged with Great Care - Fast Shipping - Many Thanks! A+++The Book Club of California: (Volume 87, No. 1, Winter 2022) (#405979437934)
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