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The Snow Queen
- Author
- Michael Cunningham
- Narrator
- Claire Danes
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 6 May 2014
- Run Time
- 6 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Urban fantasy, Contemporary fantasy / Low fantasy, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: health and illness
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What to expect
From the author of THE HOURS
‘Luminously written … page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist’ Sunday Times
Walking through Central Park, Barrett Meeks sees a translucent light in the sky that regards him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions – or in God – but he can’t deny what he’s seen. In nearby Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, is trying – and failing – to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Barrett turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers.
The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.
Critics Review
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'Clean and sharp as an ice crystal; a brief but profound and poetic meditation on love, death and compassion from a master craftsman of language' Observer
‘Michael Cunningham’s resonant new novel . . . is arguably [his] most original and emotionally piercing book to date’ New York Times
‘The pursuit of transcendence in all kinds of forms — music, drugs, a McQueen minidress, and those things less tangible but no less powerfully felt — drives Michael Cunningham's best novel in more than a decade’ Vogue
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Details
- Author
- Michael Cunningham
- Narrator
- Claire Danes
- Duration
- 6 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 May 2014
- ISBN
- 9780007579143
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Urban fantasy, Contemporary fantasy / Low fantasy, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: health and illness
Synopsis
From the author of THE HOURS ‘Luminously written … page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist’ Sunday Times Walking through Central Park, Barrett Meeks sees a translucent light in the sky that regards him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions – or in God – but he can’t deny what he’s seen. In nearby Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, is trying – and failing – to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Barrett turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.
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