The Dark Sister - Hardcover

Goldstein, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670835560 ISBN 13: 9780670835560

Publisher: Viking, 1991

Synopsis

A metaphysical mystery of madness and possession--and a fiercely funny tale of two sisters--by the author of The Mind-Body Problem and The Late Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind.

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Review:

"Goldstein has cleverly constructed a highly imaginative tale."--"Publisher's Weekly"
"Immensely ambitious . . . Teems with ideas and provocative suggestions."--"The Washington Post"
"Clever, observant and nimble. . . . A wicked satire on feminist fiction. . . . Simultaneously re-examining one of her own favorite themes, first laid out in The Mind-Body Problem, namely, the relationship between reason and passion, the intellect and the hungry soul."--"The New York Times"

"Clever, observant and nimble. . . . A wicked satire on feminist fiction. . . . Simultaneously re-examining one of her own favorite themes, first laid out in The Mind-Body Problem, namely, the relationship between reason and passion, the intellect and the hungry soul." "The New York Times""

"Immensely ambitious . . . Teems with ideas and provocative suggestions." "The Washington Post""

"Goldstein has cleverly constructed a highly imaginative tale." "Publisher's Weekly""

"Clever, observant and nimble. . . . A wicked satire on feminist fiction. . . . Simultaneously re-examining one of her own favorite themes, first laid out in The Mind-Body Problem, namely, the relationship between reason and passion, the intellect and the hungry soul." The New York Times

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"Immensely ambitious . . . Teems with ideas and provocative suggestions." The Washington Post

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"Goldstein has cleverly constructed a highly imaginative tale." Publisher's Weekly

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"Rich historical/psychological thriller . . . Successful blend of metaphysical suspense and satirical comment." Chicago Tribune"

About the Author:

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein received her doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University. Her award-winning books include the novels The Mind-Body Problem, Properties of Light, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, and nonfiction studies of Kurt Gödel and Baruch Spinoza. Her most recent work, Plato at the Googleplex, was released by Pantheon Books in March of 2014. She has received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, has been designated a Humanist of the Year and a Freethought Heroine, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Massachusetts.Rebecca Goldstein is represented by Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau (prhspeakers.com).

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0670835560
• ISBN 13: 9780670835560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272