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The Lovers : A Novel
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The Lovers
Author(s): Vendela Vida
Review(s):
“Quietly provocative, The Lovers explores the perils of self-involvement and the ease with which we destroy one another’s lives.”
“Haunting....Vida, a cofounder and coeditor of literary magazine The Believer, has a gift for probing the workings of memory.”
“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”
Vendela Vida writes with elegance and economy. In this engrossing novel, she has managed to combine a stingingly acute portrait of grief, a moving meditation on love (both filial and romantic) and a page-turning adventure.
“[Vida] has an eye for understated details that leap from the page and linger in the soul...Vida deftly weaves the power of description into the broader tapestry of Yvonne’s journey...THE LOVERS, slim and transportive, is an invitation to join Yvonne on her journey. It’s worth the trip.”
“A wise and generous book.”
“A languorous meditation on how accidents of fate shape a life.”
“A captivating account of a woman seeking escape and discovering emotional clarity...THE LOVERS is both a meditation on grieving and a gripping page-turner.”
“A beautiful, complex journey....Ideal for book clubs...it’s filled with rich, luminous prose, and its deceptively delicate plot and pacing provide ample topics for discussion.” (Rating: 5 out of 5)
“Vida’s rich imagery and deep, skillful dives into tangled emotions will keep you riveted.”
ISBN: 9780060828400
Author(s): Vendela Vida
“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”
—Joyce Carol Oates
“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”
—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries
In 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. With her new novel, The Lovers, former Kate Chopin Writing Award winner Vida tells a powerful and beautiful tale of a widow returning alone to the site of her honeymoon in Turkey, and her subsequent journeys through her past and her present.
Review(s):
“Quietly provocative, The Lovers explores the perils of self-involvement and the ease with which we destroy one another’s lives.”
“Haunting....Vida, a cofounder and coeditor of literary magazine The Believer, has a gift for probing the workings of memory.”
“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”
Vendela Vida writes with elegance and economy. In this engrossing novel, she has managed to combine a stingingly acute portrait of grief, a moving meditation on love (both filial and romantic) and a page-turning adventure.
“[Vida] has an eye for understated details that leap from the page and linger in the soul...Vida deftly weaves the power of description into the broader tapestry of Yvonne’s journey...THE LOVERS, slim and transportive, is an invitation to join Yvonne on her journey. It’s worth the trip.”
“A wise and generous book.”
“A languorous meditation on how accidents of fate shape a life.”
“A captivating account of a woman seeking escape and discovering emotional clarity...THE LOVERS is both a meditation on grieving and a gripping page-turner.”
“A beautiful, complex journey....Ideal for book clubs...it’s filled with rich, luminous prose, and its deceptively delicate plot and pacing provide ample topics for discussion.” (Rating: 5 out of 5)
“Vida’s rich imagery and deep, skillful dives into tangled emotions will keep you riveted.”
ISBN: 9780060828400