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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Family Life, Medical, Political, Action & Adventure
- Subject
- Literature, Modern
- ISBN
- 9780062049803
- EAN
- 9780062049803
- Book Title
- State of Wonder : a Novel
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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From New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett comes State of Wonder, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles; science and sacrifice, set in the Amazon rainforest. Full of remarkable events-fights with anacondas; encounters with cannibals; deaths; re-births-and profound moral decisions come together in a novel that will enthrall your students. "Patchett is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circumstances to see what they're made of. An] expansive page-turner . . . Patchett's fluid prose dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure...that readers will hate to see end."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062049801
ISBN-13
9780062049803
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99646952
Product Key Features
Book Title
State of Wonder : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life, Medical, Political, Action & Adventure
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.A7756s76 2011
Reviews
A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures—even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto ., The large canvas of sweeping moral issues, both personal and global, comes to life through careful attention to details, however seemingly mundane—from ill-fitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another woman's hair., An expansive page-turner . . . Patchett's fluid prose dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure . . . that readers will hate to see end., [A] spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett[.][...] Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures-even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto (2001)., The large canvas of sweeping moral issues, both personal and global, comes to life through careful attention to details, however seemingly mundane--from ill-fitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another woman's hair., 'A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett....Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures'even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto .' (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)), Extraordinary. . . . Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? . . . Patchett's last knockout pages proceed full-speed ahead, with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River. Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying., Patchett makes the jungle jump off the page&This is Patchett's best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and, yes, that includes Bel Canto, A superbly rendered novel.& .& .& .& Patchett's portrayal is as wonderful as it is frightening and foreign. Patchett exhibits an extraordinary ability to bring the horrors and the wonders of the Amazon jungle to life, and her singular characters are wonderfully drawn.& .& .& .& Powerful and captivating., The Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously.… The book is serious, but also so pleasurable that you hope it won't end., 'A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures'even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto .' (Kirkus Reviews (starred review)), A superbly rendered novel. . . . Patchett's portrayal is as wonderful as it is frightening and foreign. Patchett exhibits an extraordinary ability to bring the horrors and the wonders of the Amazon jungle to life, and her singular characters are wonderfully drawn. . . . Powerful and captivating., Patchett makes the jungle jump off the page…This is Patchett's best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and, yes, that includes Bel Canto, Patchett is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circumstances to see what they're made of. [An] expansive page-turner…Patchett's fluid prose dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure…that readers will hate to see end., A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures-even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto ., An expansive page-turner& .& .& .& Patchett's fluid prose dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure& .& .& .& that readers will hate to see end., Packs a textbook's worth of ethical conundrums into a smart and tidily delivered story. . . . Ms. Patchett presents an alluring interplay between civilization and wilderness, between aid and exploitation., "An engaging, consummately told tale." -- New York Times "Emotionally lucid. . . . Patchett is at her lyrical best when she catalogues the jungle." -- The New Yorker "This is surely the smartest, most exciting novel of the summer." -- Washington Post "The Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously.... The book is serious, but also so pleasurable that you hope it won't end." -- NPR "Outlandishly entertaining...[with] a brilliantly constructed plot." -- Elle "Packs a textbook's worth of ethical conundrums into a smart and tidily delivered story. . . . Ms. Patchett presents an alluring interplay between civilization and wilderness, between aid and exploitation." -- Wall Street Journal "The large canvas of sweeping moral issues, both personal and global, comes to life through careful attention to details, however seemingly mundane--from ill-fitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another woman's hair." -- O, the Oprah Magazine "A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures--even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A superbly rendered novel. . . . Patchett's portrayal is as wonderful as it is frightening and foreign. Patchett exhibits an extraordinary ability to bring the horrors and the wonders of the Amazon jungle to life, and her singular characters are wonderfully drawn. . . . Powerful and captivating." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A thrilling new novel. . . . The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid. . . . Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience, and even after it's over you'll keep hearing the sounds of insects, and your own head will still be hot." -- "A thrilling new novel. . . . The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid. . . . Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience, and even after it's over you'll keep hearing the sounds of insects, and your own head will still be hot." -- MORE Magazine "Patchett makes the jungle jump off the page...This is Patchett's best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and, yes, that includes Bel Canto" -- Shelf Awareness "Extraordinary. . . . Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? . . . Patchett's last knockout pages proceed full-speed ahead, with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River. Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." -- Boston Globe, A thrilling new novel. . . . The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid. . . . Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience, and even after it's over you'll keep hearing the sounds of insects, and your own head will still be hot., In fluid and remarkably atmospheric prose, Patchett captures not only the sights and sounds of the chaotic jungle environment but also the struggles and sacrifice of dedicated scientists., The large canvas of sweeping moral issues, both personal and global, comes to life through careful attention to details, however seemingly mundane-from ill-fitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another woman's hair., [A] thrilling new novel&[T]he world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid&Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience, and even after it's over you'll keep hearing the sounds of insects, and your own head will still be hot., A spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett. . . . Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures--even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto ., The Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously. . . . The book is serious, but also so pleasurable that you hope it won't end.
Copyright Date
2011
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Lccn
2010-029229
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22
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