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A Saint from Texas (Hardcover)
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A Saint from Texas (Hardcover)
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______________ 'An epic novel' - Telegraph 'A worldly wise delight'
- Observer 'Another brilliant accomplishment from one of the
country's most indispensable writers' - Texas Observer
______________ From legendary writer Edmund White, a bold and
sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin
sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for
Catholic sainthood Yvette and Yvonne Crawford are twin sisters,
born on a humble patch of East Texas prairie but bound for far
grander fates. Just as an untold fortune of oil lies beneath their
daddy's land, both girls harbour their own secrets and dreams -
ones that will carry them far from Texas and from each other. As
the decades unfold, Yvonne will ascend the highest ranks of
Parisian society as Yvette gives herself to a lifetime of worship
and service in the streets of Jerico, Colombia. And yet, even as
they remake themselves in their radically different lives, the
twins find that the bonds of family and the past are unbreakable.
Spanning the 1950s to the recent past, Edmund White's marvellous
novel serves up an immensely pleasurable epic of two Texas women as
their lives traverse varied worlds: the swaggering opulence of the
Dallas nouveau riche, the airless pretention of the Paris gratin
and the strict piety of a Colombian convent. ______________ 'Like a
waltz that goes out of control, this is a wild, dizzying, joyful
romp ... I loved it' - Ann Beattie 'White's deeply satisfying
character study demonstrates his profound abilities' - Publishers
Weekly 'One of the three or four most virtuosic living writers of
sentences in the English language' - Dave Eggers '... sacred as
well as secular, and always sensuously alive' - Joyce Carol Oates
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Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2020 |
Authors: |
Edmund White
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5266-0044-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-5266-0044-7 |
Barcode: |
9781526600448 |
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