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On the eve of their trip to Africa, Laura Maldonada Clapper and her husband, Desmond, sit in a New York City hotel room, drinking scotch-and-sodas and awaiting the arrival of three friends: Clara Hansen, Lauras timid, brow-beaten daughter from a previous marriage; Carlos, Lauras flamboyant and charming brother; and Peter Rice, a melancholy editor whom Laura hasnt seen for over a year. But what begins as a bon voyage party soon parlays into a bitter, claustrophobic clash of family resentment. From the hotel room to the tony restaurant to which the five embark, Laura presides over the escalating innuendo and hostility with imperial cruelty, for she is hiding the knowledge that her mother, the family matriarch, has died of a heart attack that morning. A novel as intense as it is unerringly observed, The Widows Children is another revelation of the storytellers art from the incomparable Paula Fox.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
