LOVERS - Softcover

Vida, Vendela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060828404 ISBN 13: 9780060828400

Publisher: EccoPress, 2011

Synopsis

The paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Jun Pages: 240 in Publisher: Ecco From the acclaimed author of the 2007 New York Times Notable Book Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name comes a stunning novel about the love between husbands and wives. Withmothers and children. Twenty-eight years ago. Peter and Yvonne honeymooned in the beautiful coastal village of Data. Turkey. Now Yvonne is a widow. her twin children grown. Hoping to immerse herself in memories of a happier time-as well as sand and sea-Yvonne returns to Data. But her plans for a restorative week in Turkey are quickly complicated. Instead of comforting her. her memories begin to trouble her.Overwhelmed by the past and unexpectedly dislocated by the environment. Yvonne clings to a newfound friendship with Ahmet. a local boy who makes his living as a shell collector. But a devastating accident upends her delicate peace and th...

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Review

"A languorous meditation on how accidents of fate shape a life."--Vogue

"A brilliant, topsy-turvy, twenty-first-century variation on E. M. Forster's A PASSAGE TO INDIA...Vida creates an atmosphere at once molten and chilling as she deftly exposes the wounding reverberations of timeless conflicts between men and women, parents and children, East and West, appearance and truth."--Booklist

"There's a certain genre in fiction; the 'woman traveling alone in foreign country when things start to go wrong' story...not every writer can capture...that sense of impending doom and suspense that is almost Graham Greenish. Vendela Vida has nailed it." (Rating: 5 out of 5)--Linda Grana, Bookbrowse.com

"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)--Carrie LaGree, Bookbrowse.com

"Vida's work becomes clearer and more sophisticated with every book she writes; and THE LOVERS is her best and most disturbing novel yet."--San Francisco Chronicle

"[Vida's] third novel is further evidence that she can fashion characters as unpredictable as they are endearing...[THE LOVERS] is a satisfying, often brilliant portrait of a woman searching for relief from things that will not, she discovers at last with something like acceptance, go away."--New York Times Book Review

"THE LOVERS pulls you out to sea with a masterful hypnosis. I was so enthralled by the grief, the sticky and sandy details, and especially the perfect articulation of feminine self-awareness that I didn't realize how deep in I was. I read the last page with a tearful gasp."--Miranda July, author of NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU

"[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."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A wise and generous book."--Aleksandar Hemon, author of National Book Award Finalist THE LAZARUS PROJECT

"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

From the Back Cover

From the acclaimed author of the 2007 New York Times Notable Book Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name comes a stunning novel about the love between husbands and wives, mothers and children.

Twenty-eight years ago, Peter and Yvonne honeymooned in the beautiful coastal village of Datça, Turkey. Now Yvonne is a widow, her twin children grown. Hoping to immerse herself in memories of a happier time--as well as sand and sea--Yvonne returns to Datça. But her plans for a restorative week in Turkey are quickly complicated. Instead of comforting her, her memories begin to trouble her.

Overwhelmed by the past and unexpectedly dislocated by the environment, Yvonne clings to a newfound friendship with Ahmet, a local boy who makes his living as a shell collector. But a devastating accident upends her delicate peace and throws her life into chaos--and her sense of self into turmoil.

With the crystalline voice and psychological nuance for which her work has been so celebrated, Vendela Vida has crafted another unforgettable heroine in a stunningly beautiful and mysterious landscape.

About this edition

• Publisher: EccoPress
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0060828404
• ISBN 13: 9780060828400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242