Name: The Marriage of Opposites
Price: 31.60 EUR
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Author: Hoffman Alice
ISBN: 9781471112102

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Physical Book

Author

Hoffman Alice

Publisher

Scribner

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

369

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781471112102

The Marriage of Opposites

Hoffman Alice (Author) · Scribner · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Marriage of Opposites "

From the bestselling author of The Dovekeeperscomes a love story about one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel, the mother of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. Growing up on the idyllic island of St Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel's mother, a pillar of their tight-knit refugee community of Jews who escaped the European Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for refusing to live by the rules. But Rachel's fate is not in her own hands: in order to secure the future of her father's business, she is married off to a widower with three children. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome nephew Frederic arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes control of her life, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal affecting her entire family, including her favourite son, Camille Pissarro, who will one day become a founder member of the Impressionists and one of history's greatest artists. Set in a world of lush, exquisite beauty, The Marriage of Oppositesshows Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. The marriage of Rachel and Frederic is an unforgettable story of an extraordinary woman and her forbidden love.

Hoffman Alice

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Alice Hoffman es una reconocida autora estadounidense nacida en Nueva York en 1952. Desde joven mostró un gran interés por la literatura y la narración de historias. Estudió en Adelphi University, donde se graduó en escritura creativa, y más tarde obtuvo una maestría en la Universidad de Stanford. Su talento literario se manifestó muy temprano, cuando comenzó a publicar relatos en revistas importantes.

La obra de Hoffman se caracteriza por la mezcla de lo real y lo mágico. En sus novelas, los elementos sobrenaturales se integran con la vida cotidiana, creando un estilo poético y emotivo. Su primera novela, Property Of (1977), marcó el inicio de una carrera prolífica. Sin embargo, alcanzó fama internacional con Practical Magic (1995), una historia sobre dos hermanas con poderes mágicos que combina el amor, la tragedia y la herencia familiar.

A lo largo de su carrera, Hoffman ha escrito tanto para adultos como para jóvenes, explorando temas como la esperanza, la identidad, la pérdida y el poder de las mujeres. Su prosa delicada y su imaginación profunda la han convertido en una de las voces más queridas de la narrativa contemporánea estadounidense.

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