- Editorial:
- MARINER
- Año de edición:
- 2015
- Materia:
- Literatura contemporánea en español
- ISBN:
- 978-0-544-48411-5
- Páginas:
- 272
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
BEGINNING OF SPRING
PENELOPE FITZGERALD
u003cbu003eShort-listed for the Booker Prizeu003cbru003eu003cbru003e Fitzgerald was the author of several slim, perfect novels. u003ciu003eThe Blue Floweru003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eThe Beginning of Springu003c/iu003e both had me abuzz for days the first time I read them. She was curiously perfect. Teju Cole, author of u003ciu003eOpen Cityu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e Writing so precise and lilting it can make you shiver. u003c/bu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eLos Angeles Timesu003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e March 1913. Moscow is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. English painter Frank Reid returns from work one night to find that his wife has gone away; no one knows where or why, or whether she'll ever come back. All Frank knows for sure is that he is now alone and must find someone to care for his three young children.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Into Frank's life comes Lisa Ivanovna, a quiet, calming beauty from the country, untroubled to the point of seeming simple. But is she? And why has Frank's bookkeeper, Selwyn Crane, gone to such lengths to bring these two together?u003cbru003eu003cbru003e This new edition features an introduction by Andrew Miller, author of u003ciu003ePureu003c/iu003e, along with new cover art.
