Providence
Anita Brookner
(Author)
Description
This brightly polished yet immensely touching comedy presents the romantic quest of Kitty Maule, who, in revenge against the impossibly charming and elusive man who rejects her, resolves to become "totally unreasonable, totally unfair, very demanding, and very beautiful, " to any number of others.
Product Details
Price
$15.00
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publish Date
January 13, 1994
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.52 X 8.58 X 0.51 inches | 0.57 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780679738145
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About the Author
Anita Brookner was born in London and, apart from several years in Paris, was a lifelong Londoner. She trained as an art historian and taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art until 1988. She is the author of twenty-seven books, including the Booker Prize-winning novel Hotel Du Lac. She died in 2016.
Reviews
"Providence recounts, with elegance and precision, the story of a woman's efforts to create a new life for herself ... Brookner has proved herself a master."-- The New York Times "Ambitious and disturbing ... uncommonly deft, witty and serious." -- The New York Times Book Review "Anita Brookner's themes -- experience, nationality, faith, innocence and betrayal -- evoke the pleasures of reading Henry James. [Providence is] an intelligent and moving novel." -- Francine Prose "[A] perfectly observed and quietly witty novel."-- Washington Post
