By the Light of My Father's Smile - Softcover

Walker, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753819511 ISBN 13: 9780753819517

Publisher: W&N, 2005

Synopsis

'Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope to read. Flawless' Mary Louden, THE TIMES

'All your life you have the necessary illusion that you know all there is to know about heartbreak. I hate to the one to tell you about the heartbreak you will experience after you die . . .'

A family goes to the remote sierras of Mexico - the writer-to--be Susannah; her sister Magdalena; their father and mother. There, amid indigenous people called the Mundo, they begin an encounter that will change them more than they ever could have dreamed. This is a deeply sensual novel that explores the richness of female sexuality as a celebration of life, affirming the belief 'that it is the triumphant heart, not the conquered heart, that forgives. And that love is both timeless and beyond'.

About this title

Product Description:

ALL YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY ILLUSION THAT YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT HEARTBREAK. I HATE TO THE ONE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE HEARTBREAK YOU WILL EXPERIENCE AFTER YOU DIE... A FAMILY GOES TO THE REMOTE SIERRAS OF MEXICO - THE WRITER-TO--BE SUSANNAH; HER SISTER MAGDALENA; THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER. THERE, AMID INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CALLED THE MUNDO, THEY BEGIN AN ENCOUNTER THAT WILL CHANGE THEM MORE THAN THEY EVER COULD HAVE DREAMED. THIS IS A DEEPLY SENSUAL NOVEL THAT EXPLORES THE RICHNESS OF FEMALE SEXUALITY AS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, AFFIRMING THE BELIEF THAT IT IS THE TRIUMPHANT HEART, NOT THE CONQUERED HEART, THAT FORGIVES. AND THAT LOVE IS BOTH TIMELESS AND BEYOND .

Review:

"A jubilant novel . . . [An] evocative family tale of love, passion, and forgiveness."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"[THIS] POWERFUL STORY IS ABOUT LOVE, FORGIVENESS, PASSION AND BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF."
--Detroit Free Press

"HUGELY ORIGINAL, BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER'S SMILE HAS MORE THAN A HINT OF INCANTATORY MAGIC ABOUT IT. . . . Light explores what happens--to an entire family--when a daughter cannot forgive her father for a single, hypocritical, soul-crushing act. It explores the dangerous bonds of fidelity between sisters, lovers, memories. . . . Walker's language is sensual and at the same time delightfully precise. . . . Political, immodest, astonishing by turns, [this novel] once again demonstrates Walker's gigantic talent."
--The Baltimore Sun

"PROVOCATIVE . . . A BEGUILING STORY OF DIFFICULT FATHER-DAUGHTER BONDS AND STAR-CROSSED LOVERS."
--People

BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER'S SMILE "FULFILLS A READER'S NEED FOR WISDOM. . . . WRITTEN IN AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS AND ACROSS DECADES."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"ALICE WALKER IS A LAVISHLY GIFTED WRITER."
--The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0753819511
• ISBN 13: 9780753819517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240