Hood, Paperback
Descriere
From the New York Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue, Hood is a graceful tale of a young woman who must come toterms with love and loss in the wake of her partner's sudden passing. The New York Times Book Review calls Hood ``utterly charming,`` writing that,``Ms. Donoghue displays her confidence by avoiding the grandiose and the showy, and dipping into the ordinary with control and the occasional sustainingdescriptive flashes of a born writer.`` For readers of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Joyce Carol Oates's The Widow's Story, Donoghue's Hood is a masterfullycrafted narrative of relationships and a daring, deft exploration of the love'simperfection--and how it can nonetheless dominate our lives as we grow andchange.
Despre autor
Emma Donoghue este o romancieră, scenaristă, dramaturgă și istoric literar irlandez-canadiană. Romanul său din 2010, Room, a fost finalist la Premiul Booker și un best-seller internațional. Romanul ei din 1995, Hood, a câștigat Premiul Stonewall pentru literatură, iar Slammerkin (2000) a câștigat Premiul Ferro-Grumley pentru ficțiune lesbiană.
