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| Original Title: | Blackbird House |
| ISBN: | 0345455932 (ISBN13: 9780345455932) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Lysander Wynn, Violet Cross, Lion West, Lion West Jr., Emma Dawson, Maya Cooper |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Alice Hoffman
Paperback | Pages: 225 pages Rating: 3.82 | 12943 Users | 1217 Reviews
Narration Supposing Books Blackbird House
Through these interconnected narratives more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives.With "incantatory prose" that "sweeps over the reader like a dream," (Philadelphia Inquirer), Hoffman follows her celebrated bestseller The Probable Future, with an evocative work that traces the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of two hundred years.
In a rare and gorgeous departure, beloved novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a web of tales, all set in Blackbird House. This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod is a place that is as bewitching and alive as the characters we meet: Violet, a brilliant girl who is in love with books and with a man destined to betray her; Lysander Wynn, attacked by a halibut as big as a horse, certain that his life is ruined until a boarder wearing red boots arrives to change everything; Maya Cooper, who does not understand the true meaning of the love between her mother and father until it is nearly too late. From the time of the British occupation of Massachusetts to our own modern world, family after family’s lives are inexorably changed, not only by the people they love but by the lives they lead inside Blackbird House.
These interconnected narratives are as intelligent as they are haunting, as luminous as they are unusual. Inside Blackbird House more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives. The past both dissipates and remains contained inside the rooms of Blackbird House, where there are terrible secrets, inspired beauty, and, above all else, a spirit of coming home.
From the writer Time has said tells "truths powerful enough to break a reader’s heart" comes a glorious travelogue through time and fate, through loss and love and survival. Welcome to Blackbird House.
Details About Books Blackbird House
| Title | : | Blackbird House |
| Author | : | Alice Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 225 pages |
| Published | : | March 29th 2005 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Short Stories. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Adult Fiction |
Rating About Books Blackbird House
Ratings: 3.82 From 12943 Users | 1217 ReviewsRate About Books Blackbird House
Rating 3.5I was looking for a short audio while waiting on another book. I saw this one on Hoopla and knew I had to listen to it. I'm a fan of Alice Hoffman and always enjoy getting to another book of hers. When I first started, it said there are 11 narrators. WHAT??? But there are 11 stories, each one narrated by a different person. It was done very well.This is a series of 11 stories that are interlinked in some way. Each story is unique. Sometimes a story ends rather quickly and you find outBlackbird House is simply wonderful. This book was absolutely beatifully drawn with such attention to detail of the human condition, it's interconnectedness to others and most importantly, to a certain place. Blackbird House is the most unique collection of short stories I've ever read. It's not just a story here and there comprised of different characters and settings with the only common demoninator being that of the author, instead there's a common thread woven throughout: the House, it's
Blackbird House traces the lives of various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of many years. I enjoyed how each story is connected to the land, the house and some times with each other. Ive never read Alice Hoffman books and she has such a beautiful way with words. The emotion and spirit contained in her writing and so many engaging characters in this story to convey the power of love and how love does truly change us all.
Haunting and beautiful linked short stories. I will be reading more books by Alice Hoffman very soon.
A story about the "permance of place". The story begins on Blackbird HIll" in Cape Cod. A progresses through a series of short stories of the people who are drawn to Blackbird House, over time, and what really endures. DEfinitely a lovely read.
I didn't dislike the stories but the book really ticked me off. Each time I got invested in a story or character and was like "ooh, I wonder what happens next" the story was OVER and the next story started! That was just too frustrating for words. I kept expecting for the last couple stories to tie it all together and explain everything, but it didn't and I was left wanting more (and not in a good way).
Once again the curse of GR website swallowed a review. So screamingly annoying that the laptop almost was thrown across the room. However I am determined that Alice Hoffman will receive the praise she is due for this lovely book so I shall do the whole bloody thing again. Goodreads, I truly hate you sometimes!!This collection, to use a somewhat contrived metaphor, is like a number of small coloured stones or polished glass strung together to create a simple but very effective thing of beauty. By
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