Magnificence by Millet, Lydia

Magnificence

Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation (Scott Timberg,...
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Author: Lydia Millet
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Magnificence by Millet, Lydia

Magnificence

CHF 25.55

Magnificence

CHF 25.55
Author: Lydia Millet
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation (Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times). Salon praised her for writing that is always flawlessly beautiful, reaching for an experience that precedes language itself. The Village Voice added, If Kurt Vonnegut were still alive, he would be extremely jealous.

This stunning new novel presents Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death and the dissolution of her family. Embarking on a new phase in her life after inheriting her uncle's sprawling mansion and its vast collection of taxidermy, Susan decides to restore the neglected, moth-eaten animal mounts, tending to "the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails." Meanwhile an equally derelict human menagerie--including an unfaithful husband and a chorus of eccentric old women--joins her in residence.

In a setting both wondrous and absurd, Susan defends her legacy from freeloading relatives and explores the mansion's unknown spaces. Funny and heartbreaking, Magnificence explores evolution and extinction, children and parenthood, loss and revelation. The result is the rapturous final act to the critically acclaimed cycle of novels that began with How the Dead Dream.



Author: Lydia Millet
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/11/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.54w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780393346855


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/08/2013 pg. 82

About the Author
Millet, Lydia: - Lydia Millet has won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and her books have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.

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