The Sorrows of an American
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When Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note among their late father's papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. Siri Hustvedt's The Sorrows of an American tells the story of the Davidsen family as brother and sister unbandage its wounds in the year following their father's funeral. Erik is a psychiatrist dangerously vulnerable to his patients; Inga is a writer whose late husband, a famous novelist, seems to have concealed a secret life. Interwoven with each new mystery in their lives are discoveries about their father's youth--poverty, the War, the Depression--that bring new implications to his relationship with his children.
This masterful novel reveals one family's hidden sorrows in an "elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).
This masterful novel reveals one family's hidden sorrows in an "elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).
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Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
322
Price
17.80 €
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4
Erik Davidsen ist Psychiater in New York. Sein Vater ist vor wenigen Wochen gestorben, seine Frau hat ihn verlassen und seine Schwester Inga kämpft noch immer mit der Trauer um ihren verstorbenen Mann. Sein Leben wird erst dann wieder heller, als die junge, hübsche Miranda mit ihrer lebhaften Tochter als Untermieter einziehen. Erik fühlt sich sehr zu Miranda hingezogen, doch sie scheint ein dunkles Geheimnis zu haben. Auch sein Vater hatte offenbar mehr Geheimnisse in seinem Leben, als David und seiner Schwester klar war. Die ersten 150 Seiten des Buches haben mich wieder einmal so gefesselt, dass ich mehrmals das Gefühl hatte, in die Handlung hineinzutauchen. Danach wird die Geschichte leider etwas träge und schleppt sich voran. Insgesamt aber ein gute Buch.
Description
When Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note among their late father's papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. Siri Hustvedt's The Sorrows of an American tells the story of the Davidsen family as brother and sister unbandage its wounds in the year following their father's funeral. Erik is a psychiatrist dangerously vulnerable to his patients; Inga is a writer whose late husband, a famous novelist, seems to have concealed a secret life. Interwoven with each new mystery in their lives are discoveries about their father's youth--poverty, the War, the Depression--that bring new implications to his relationship with his children.
This masterful novel reveals one family's hidden sorrows in an "elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).
This masterful novel reveals one family's hidden sorrows in an "elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).
Book Information
Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Softcover
Pages
322
Price
17.80 €
Posts
4