The Mark of the Angel A Novel
- 作者
- 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2000年8月
- ISBN 9780375709210
- 定价 315.16
内容简介
ThisnovelmarksthestuningAmericandebutofaninternationallyacclaimedwriter.??CombiningthenarrativedriveofBirdsongwiththeemotionalresonanceofTheReader,TheMarkoftheAngelisahauntingandunforgettabletaleofthreeliveswoventogetherbylonging,fate,andtheweightofhistory.Theyearis1957,andtheplaceisParis,wherethepsychicwoundsofWorldWarIIhavebarelybeguntohealandtheAlgerianwarisabouttoescalate.??Saffie,anemotionallydamagedyoungGermanwoman,arrivesonthedoorstepofRaphael,aprivilegedmusicianwhofindsherreserveirresistible.??Hehiresher,andoverthenextfewdaysseducesherandconvinceshertomarryhim.??ButwhenRaphaelsendsSaffieonanerrandtotheJewishghetto,whereshemeetsAndrás,aHungarianinstrumentmaker,eachoftheirliveswillbealteredinstartlingandunexpectedways.??AsSaffielearnstofeelagain,herlongburiedmemoriescoupledwiththeinexorableflowofhistoricalforcesbeyondanyone'scontrol,createatableauofepictragedy.??TheMarkoftheAngelisamesmerizingnoveloflove,betrayal,andtheironiesofhistory.,
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