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Makkai, Rebecca
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Fiction
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2011
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Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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English
β 181 KB
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The Borrower
β Scribed by Makkai, Rebecca
- Book ID
- 108580454
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Review
"[Lucy's] relationship with Ian is charming and original...A stylish and clever tale for bibliophiles who enjoy authors like Jasper Fforde and Connie Willis."
-Library Journal
"Makkai takes several risks in her sharp, often witty text, replete with echoes of children's classics from Goodnight Moon to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , as well as more ominous references to Lolita . . . the moving final chapters affirm the power of books to change people's lives even as they acknowledge the unbreakable bonds of home and family. Smart, literate and refreshingly unsentimental."
-Kirkus Reviews
"The Borrower proves [Makkai] is a great writer...This is a wonderfully entertaining story packed with moral conundrums and beautiful writing."
-Patrick Neale, co-owner, JaffΓ© & Neale Bookshop & CafΓ©, in The Bookseller
Review
βRarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower. Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious.β
βRichard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Richard Russo)
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