The Museum of Extraordinary Things - 9781451693560
Un libro in lingua di Alice Hoffman edito da Scribner, 2014
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From the beloved, bestselling author of The Dovekeepers, a mesmerizing new novel about the electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century.
Coney Island: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show that amazes and stimulates the crowds. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.
The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as an apprentice tailor. When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance.
New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Hoffman at her most spellbinding.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Museum of Extraordinary Things
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Alice Hoffman
- Editore: Scribner
- Collana: Scribner (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 18 Febbraio '14
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Young women Fiction Immigrants New York (State) New York Fiction Russians New York (State) New York Fiction
- Pagine: 368
- EAN-13: 9781451693560