Author |
: Sigrid Nunez |
Publisher |
: Picador |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2005-12-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429944946 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429944943 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Feather on the Breath of God by : Sigrid Nunez
Download or read book A Feather on the Breath of God written by Sigrid Nunez and published by Picador. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sigrid Nunez, the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, comes A Feather on the Breath of God: a mesmerizing story about the tangled nature of relationships between parents and children, between language and love A young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, she escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning, homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet--these are the elements that shape the young woman's imagination and her sexuality.