THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS

THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS

NESBIT, TARASHEA

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Editorial:
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Literatura universal
ISBN:
978-1-62040-504-8
Páginas:
240
Idioma:
Inglés
Cubierta:
Tapa Blanda con Solapas

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“The story is told by all of the women . . . together in unison as one haunting, communal voice. Impressive . . . . Lulled by the voice, we know that offstage the historic work is being done . . . . Together and alone and each in her separate way, the wives are left to celebrate or lament the wonder or the horror of what their town had done.” ?New York Times Book Review
"Haunting . . . fascinating . . . A powerful testament to women’s strength and ability to hold a community together during a disturbing time." - Wall Street Journal
“A novelistic imagining of married life at the World War II nuclear lab.” ?New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice
“A great story, and Nesbit boldly uses the first person plural to tell it . . . . She evokes the women's days in lyrical, hypnotic detail.” ?People
"Dominique Crenn’s favorite book of the year." ?Wall Street Journal
“Revealing . . . offers an unusual glimpse into a singular community where war, science, and home life collided.” ?Boston Globe
“I am in awe of this novel. TaraShea Nesbit's brave and brilliant choice of point of view for these women living inside their earth-shattering secret crucible brings home to us in the fullest way possible that our personal story is never just ours. The Wives of Los Alamos will be read and re-read and remembered.” ?Gail Godwin, author of Flora
“[A] terrific first novel . . . . A sidelong glance at history that, thanks to its Greek Chorus, becomes rivetingly personal and urgent.” ?More magazine
“In this fascinating and artful debut, TaraShea Nesbit gives voice to the women closest to one of gravest and most telling moments in our collective history: the development and testing of the nuclear bomb at Los Alamos. Tender and mundane details of marriage and domesticity quietly collide with the covert and solemn work at hand. With chilling implications and charged, sure-footed prose, this is a novel--and writer--of consequence.” ?Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
“Hypnotic and filled with elegaic details; Nesbit offers fascinating and disturbing insight into the secret life of the Los Alamos families.” ?Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles
“The author's writing--by turns touching, confiding, and matter-of-fact--perfectly captures the commonalities of the hive mind while also emphasizing the little things that make each wife dissimilar from the pack. Engrossing, dense, and believable.” ?Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Nesbit brings alive questions of war and power that dog us to this day.” ?Booklist, starred review
“Nesbit artfully accumulates the tiny facts of an important historical moment, creating an emotional tapestry of time and place.” ?Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“An evocative, intelligent novel.” ?Columbus Dispatch
“This well-researched and fast-paced novel gives a panoramic view of the lives of ordinary women whose husbands worked on the atomic bomb during World War II. Recommended both for its important subject matter and for the author's vivid storytelling.” ?Library Journal
“[An] intimate yet artfully distanced narrative . . . . The book is an immersive experience that feels, in hindsight, more like a collection of monologues than a novel using a collective voice. It's an interesting and beautiful achievement.” ?Santa Fe New Mexican

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