The Patron Saint of Liars Miękka oprawa – 7 kwietnia 2003
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The first novel from the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award.
It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeth’s, a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky. Rose has fled her dull but loving husband without telling him she is pregnant and has decided to be ‘a liar for the rest of my life’. As penance, she has also abandoned her widowed and much loved mother, with no mention of her condition.
Rose plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeth’s is home to a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she realises that she cannot go through with her plans. Nor can she remain untouched by those she has left behind; by the ever-watchful Sister Evangeline; by the love of Son, the handyman at St. Elizabeth; or later by the birth of her daughter Cecilia.
Enchantingly graceful, Ann Patchett’s first novel is about sanctuary and pilgrimage, pain and healing and the helping hand of chance.
- Długość wersji drukowanej352 str.
- WydawcaFourth Estate Ltd
- Data publikacji7 kwietnia 2003
- Wymiary12.9 x 2.24 x 19.81 cm
- ISBN-101841150509
- ISBN-13978-1841150505
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Recenzja
‘A fairy tale. A delight’ New York Times Book Review
‘Beautifully written…a first novel that second and third time novelists would envy for its grace, insight and compassion’ Boston Herald
‘Patchett is unique; a generous, fearless and startlingly wise young writer’ New York Times
O autorze
Ann Patchett is originally from Los Angeles and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of eight novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth and The Dutch House. She lives in Nashville.
Szczegóły produktu
- Wydawca : Fourth Estate Ltd (7 kwietnia 2003)
- Miękka oprawa : 352 str.
- ISBN-10 : 1841150509
- ISBN-13 : 978-1841150505
- Wymiary : 12.9 x 2.24 x 19.81 cm
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In Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett, Rose is a mystery.
Rose is married to a sweet man, who allows her the freedom to spend all day doing what she loves – driving. For Rose the destination isn’t important, just the journey and the freedom it brings.
Rose discovers that she’s pregnant and takes off driving across to the other side of America. She leaves her husband a simple note.
Rose heads for St. Elizabeth’s. St. Elizabeth’s is a former hotel, that is run by Roman Catholic Nuns. It is a place where women go to complete their pregnancy, give birth and then give their baby up for adoption.
But nothing works out like Rose planned. Rose meets Son, a handyman more than twenty years her senior. She finds a place in the kitchen, helping Sister Evangeline out with the cooking. Sister Evangeline and Rose become close friends, but that’s because Sister Evangeline accepts that Rose will never open up about her past or herself. Rose also meets the kind June Clatterbuck, who owns the land St. Elizabeth’s is on and lives across a field.
There’s nothing I could writes in this review to explain the brilliance of this Patron Saint of Liars. The first person perspective is perfect and the changes between the three main characters happens at exactly the right times.
The description is ideal, informative and ignites the readers imagination. The pacing, set over a lifetime is impeccable. Each of the characters and their development is superb.
Patron Saint of Liars is a pleasurable read, that captivates throughout and will leave the reader wanting more. It is Patchett’s writing at her very best. It would make a blockbuster of a film.
I don’t grade reviews, but if I did Patron Saint of Liars would get 12 out of 10. You simply must read this fantastic and life-changing work of fiction.
Review soon,
Antony
A soft pen glides over a very mysterious story called the patron Saint of Liars.
A mother who wants to give up her child for adoption changes her mind in the last moment.
The main deceit is never revealed, not even hinted at, not even declared as to be found out.
But it's there. Maybe you will guess the same as I did, maybe not. As for myself I couldn't imagine the reason, maybe you will.
Write to me then...
A kind of detective story but then we know she knows who and why but she just won't not tell.
Not only Lying but also Writing by omission
Very unusual.
Ann Patchett is a wonderful writer, a gift to my life.
As a number of other reviewers have mention, the whole thing just sort of fizzled out. I don't need every story to be tied up neatly with a happy ending, but I do expect to have some sort of logical conclusion. Nope. This just stops. Left me feeling just a little bit cheated.
In addition, Rose was such a closed character that I was left completely incapable of comprehending her actions. I know her daughter and husbands were equally bemused, but as a reader, I would have appreciated a little more insight into her motivations.